Bookshelves

So I’m coming to the end of my Society of Gentlemen trilogy. For the reader, it’s only just starting. The first book is out now but there are still all kinds of political intrigue, kink, class war and superbly polished Read more

Regency radicals and the Peterloo massacre

On 16 August 1819, a massive crowd of perhaps sixty thousand people gathered in St Peter’s Field, Manchester, to demand parliamentary reform. At this time, Manchester, one of the largest cities in Britain, had no member of Parliament at all. Read more

Charmed and Dangerous (and the waste paper trade…)

So what would you say if one of the top writers in your genre asked you to be part of a new anthology all about that genre? When Jordan Castillo Price (Jordan! Castillo! Price!) messaged me to see if I Read more

Plagues and Plagiarism

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a marketing company that offered to write my blog posts for me. They would, they said, write interesting and appealing blog posts (not just blurb+info), purporting to be by me, aimed Read more

Blog Tour: Excerpt & Giveaway K.J Charles – The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal

Hi, and thanks to Love Bytes for having me! My new book, The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, comes out today, with stunning cover by Kanaxa, and I have an extract for you here, as well as a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more

Whose Book Is It Anyway?

A lot of authors have mixed feelings about fanfic. CS Lewis thought it was a brilliant idea: I am delighted to hear that you liked the Narnian books. … why not write stories for yourself to fill up the gaps Read more