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The first information about the National Year of Reading in 2026 has been announced. The Government says that reading is central to its Plan for Change, which supports literacy activities in schools, workplaces and in life generally and which boosts well-being, brings people together and expands people’s knowledge about the world. According to the Government:…
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The business world was shaken to its core with the publication five years ago of the searing expose of corporate big business The Diary of Ridley Pinstripe. Indeed, it was so shaken that virtually no one bought a copy of the book, so now it has been relaunched. You can read the full story on…
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Joffe Books’ programme of re-launches for John Dean’s popular DCI John Blizzard crime novels continues with a new look for The Name on the Bullet Kindle version. The relaunches come after Joffe acquired publisher The Book Folks earlier this year and The Name on the Bullet tells how a young police officer is shot dead…
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Hunted by Abir Mukherjee has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025, which was presented by Harrogate International Festivals on the opening night of the recent Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Hunted is a thriller set in London and the US in the final week of a toxic presidential campaign,…
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Advanced orders are being taken for an anthology of short stories produced by a new Scottish publisher working with a highly inventive format. 274 Miles features forty stories, none more than 274 words, including one by best-selling crime novelist John Dean. The collection, which will be Glasgow-based Tantallon Tìr’s debut anthology when it is published…
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Are you a new writer still in the early days of learning your craft and looking for a bit of expert support? Well, why not check out this new website created by best-selling crime writer John Dean, one of the Joffe Books stable of writers? The site has a number of free sections containing more…
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The question which authors are asked most often in Question and Answer sessions following talks and panel events is ‘where do you find your ideas?’ Crime writer John Dean has turned the question round in his latest feature exploring the craft of writing, aimed primarily at aspiring writers who are setting out on their literary…
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Joffe Books has continued its programme of re-launches for the Kindle version of John Dean’s popular DCI John Blizzard crime novels, which the publisher has carried out since it acquired publisher The Book Folks. The latest book, which includes a new cover providing a dramatically different look from that used on earlier editions, is The…
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Crime Writer John Dean has four titles in the top 100 Organised Crime best-selling kindle ebooks chart this morning, published by the Book Folks, a Joffe Books company. The DCI Jack Harris boxset is at number one and there are two relaunched DCI John Blizzard books, No Age to Die at number 48 and The…
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No Age to Die’s Kindle version has been given a new cover as part of the relaunch of John Dean’s popular DCI Blizzard series of crime novels by Joffe Books after it recently took over the publisher The Book Folks. In the novel, number nine in the series, a dangerous felon is released from prison…
