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Baghdad Central | Brand New Drama Starts Mon 3rd Feb 22.00 Channel 4 | Stream the Box Set on All 4

Baghdad Central | Brand New Drama Starts Mon 3rd Feb 22.00 Channel 4 | Stream the Box Set on All 4
Channel 4 will be launching a TV series based on the Bitter Lemon Press novel 'Baghdad Central' by Elliott Colla on Monday February 4 at 10pm. Also available to stream.

Dagger Awards 24 October 2019

Dagger Awards 24 October 2019
CWA Awards last night at star-filled event. Teresa Solana gets runner-up prize in short story category. Carofiglio's The Cold Summer was one of six on the shortlist for the International Dagger.

May Newsletter Available

May Newsletter Available
Our May Newsletter is available. Click HERE : celebrate 15th Birthday of BLP and 100 books published.

The Horseman's Song by Ben Pastor launches in the UK with blog tour

Ben Pastor - The Horseman's Song

The latest in the Martin Bora WWII series launches with a blog tour beginning tomorrow. 

ShotsMag: "Highly Recommended: Pastor takes Bora back to the Spanish Civil War in 1937. He’s a fascinating character, a German officer turned detective, clever, tenacious yet deeply troubled and suspicious of his companions in the Nationalist ranks...The writing is sharp, the tone gritty, the characterisations vivid and the atmosphere of war brilliantly evoked. It’s a novel that destroys romantic notions about the Spanish conflict and shows how quickly hopes turned sour and disillusion set in."

 

Ask a Publisher interview on Turnaround blog

Turnaround asks questions of BLP co-founder Francois von Hurter on their blog: click Turnaround Blog. 

Debut novel Evil Things by Katja Ivar released in the UK with Blog Tour

Debut novel Evil Things by Katja Ivar released in the UK with Blog Tour
A blog tour for the launch of Evil Things by Katja Ivar begins January 9 set up by Random Things Tours. The first blog is Novel Delights @KirstHutchison. See programme below. @KatjaIvar 

Christmas Newsletter Available

There is nothing to say. Waiting patiently for the end of a worldwide political shitstorm. But we can listen: "There are certain perfect, particular sounds. A tennis ball, a golf ball hit just right. A fly ball in a leather glove. Lingering thud of a knockout. I get dizzy at the sound of a perfect pool break..." Lucia Berlin

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The Sinner by Petra Hammesfahr now a series on BBC FOUR December 2 and 8

Petra Hammesfahr - The Sinner

The acclaimed Sinner eight-episode series is out on BBC FOUR. It stars Jessica Biel and Bill Pullman and is based on the novel of the same name.

 

Evil Things Interview of Katja Ivar

Katja Ivar - Evil Things
"My heroine, Hella Mauzer, is Finland’s first ever woman police inspector. She is smart, she is competent, but she is also very stubborn, at a time when women are expected to shut up and be beautiful. Because she has a bad habit of contradicting her supervisors, Hella gets reassigned to a tiny police station in Lapland. And when a seemingly small and random crime turns out to be something much bigger, Hella is the only person brave enough - or mad enough- to look beyond the obvious."

Carofiglio on tour in the UK this week to promote The Cold Summer

Carofiglio on tour in the UK this week to promote The Cold Summer
Gianrico Carofiglio will be at Waterstones in Bath on September 19th and at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on September 20. All free events but sign up now. It's not too late.

August Newsletter out now

For our late August newsletter click HERESolana's First Prehistoric Serial Killer and other stories on blog tour and live tour.

TRAILER for Beside the Syrian Sea ONLINE

TRAILER for Beside the Syrian Sea ONLINE
Trailer Beside the Syrian Sea by James Wolff. VIEW HERE.