CHRISTINE POULSON Jill Paton Walsh Archives

Cosy crime-writers?

Posted on May 19, 2014 in Christopher Fowler, cosy mysteries, Helen Smith, Jill Paton Walsh, Martin Walker | 4 Comments

It was a pleasure to find myself moderating a Crimefest panel featuring some of my favourite writers. From the left it is Christopher Fowler, me, Jill Paton Walsh, Helen Smith, and Martin Walker. The subject was ‘The Contemporary Cosy: Is there Life Left in the Golden Age?’ and I asked everyone if they considered themselves […]

Fashion

Posted on Apr 14, 2011 in Elizabeth Ferrars, Jill Paton Walsh, The Attenbury Emeralds | One Comment

I’ve written before about disposing of my mother’s books and how hard I’ve found it to part with them. Even now over three years after she died I have a couple of boxes of her books that I haven’t known whether to keep or not. However a few weeks ago I decided that I wasn’t […]

A Good Thing

Posted on Jan 21, 2011 in Anca Vlasoplos, Jason Wallace, Jill Paton Walsh, OUT OF THE SHADOWS | One Comment

A few years ago, my friend, Anca Vlasopolos, wrote a haunting short story about an immigrant family trying – unsuccessfully – to sell fish by the roadside in Detroit. It ended with one of them saying ‘Don’t they know a good thing when they see it?’ I have been have been brooding over that story […]