Library event with Chris Simms

Yesterday I had the honour of attending Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre, Greaves Street, Oldham, accompanied by Manchester based crime author Chris Simms. Sadly Mandasue Heller was unable to attend as advertised due to a personal reason, but Chris saved the day by stepping in at the last minute so that the gathered crowd of over 40 attendees didn't have to listen to my dulcet tones the entire time.

Punam Ramchurn, the events organiser, was a gracious and interesting host. Thanks Punam for a great evening - and for the lift back to my hotel in your nippy little car.

I'd also like to thank the chap from Happy Cow Books http://www.happycowbooks.co.uk/ for attending and making books available for purchase on the night. I'd also like to thank the attendees for an interesting time, you actually looked enthralled as I read from Judgement and Wrath.

For a take on the evening from a third party perspective, have a read here http://colburysnewcrimefiction.blogspot.com/2009/10/evening-with-my-favourite-crime.html

JAW at The Big Thrill webzine

Click on this link to read Steven Savile's interview with me and review of Judgement and Wrath over at The Big Thrill.

http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/09/judgement-and-wrath-by-matt-hilton.html

Dead Men's Dust paperback out today in the UK

Just in case you missed yesterday's announcement.

OUT TODAY!

Dead Men's Dust paperback edition out tomorrow

Hi everyone, shameless Publicity time again, but, hey! I want people to read (and buy) my books.

Dead Men's Dust is released in mass market paperback tomorrow (1st October) in the UK.

The perfect gift for your husbands, dads, brothers, uncles, gramps, boyfriends - and for your wifes, mothers, sisters, aunties, girlfiends etc. And your friends, or even distant aquaintances. maybe even someone you don't know, but would like to. I think you're starting to get the message, huh?

Change of line-up. But I'll still be there.

There has been a slight change to the event I'm attending tomorrow in Oldham. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mandasue Heller sadly won't be appearing. So I will instead be with Chris Simms at the Oldham Literature Festival, at the Oldham Library and Lifelong Learning Centre, Greaves Street, Oldham, UK - 6 p.m.

Judgement and Wrath

It has been brought to my attention that Play and Amazon are both shipping Judgement and Wrath now. Those of you who can't wait for the book's official launch date of the 15th october may be in for a pleasant surprise if you pre-ordered from the above online book stores.

Plagiarism - No Thank You

Over at my sister blog at TKnC me and Col Bury take each submission on great faith and it saddened me to read this latest post bringing to my attention that the blogosphere has a plagiarist in its ranks.

http://arageofangel.blogspot.com/2009/09/ive-been-plagiarizedand-im-not-alone.html

I'll leave you to take a read, but say wholeheartedly that both Col and I were duped along with everyone else. The 'offender' will be deleted from TKnC's pages once our readers are given their opportunity to respond. Probably better that you do it over at the link supplied to show support for the person outing this scam than you do so here. I'm not sure that the offender reads the comments at TKnC, or if he/she does then he/she doesn't respond. My apologies to everyone who was sucked in the way we were. I stand by my original vision for TKnC, in that it is a place for genre authors to share their work. I should now amend that to say 'original work'.