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Wednesday, April 14, 2010 This blog has moved This blog is now located at http://blog.peterjames.com/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://blog.peterjames.com/feeds/posts/default. posted by Peter James at 8:12 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Dead Tomorrow Shortlisted For 2 Crimefest Awards I'm delighted to learn that Dead Tomorrow has been shortlisted for the following two awards: SOUNDS OF CRIME AWARDS SHORTLISTS We are pleased to announce the shortlists for the Sounds of Crime Awards for best abridged and unabridged crime audiobooks of 2009. The Sounds of Crime Awards are sponsored by Audible UK and the shortlists are: ABRIDGED - Dan Brown for The Lost Symbol (abridged by Karen DiMattia). Reader: Paul Michael (Orion) - Lee Child for Gone Tomorrow (abridged by Carolanne Lyme). Reader: Kerry Shale (Random House) - Peter James for Dead Tomorrow (abridged by Kati Nicholl). Reader: William Gaminara (Pan Macmillan) - Stieg Larsson for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (translated by Reg Keeland; abridged by Isabel Morgan). Reader: Martin Wenner (Quercus) - Stieg Larsson for The Girl Who Played with Fire (translated by Reg Keeland; abridged by Isabel Morgan). Reader: Martin Wenner (Quercus) - Ian Rankin for The Complaints (abridged by Kati Nicholl). Reader: James Macpherson (Orion) UNABRIDGED - Dan Brown for The Lost Symbol. Reader: Paul Michael (Whole Story Audio Books) - Michael Connelly for The Scarecrow. Reader: Peter Giles (Orion) - Peter James for Dead Tomorrow. Reader: David Bauckham (Whole Story Audio Books) - Stieg Larsson for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (translated by Reg Keeland). Reader: Saul Reichlin (Whole Story Audio Books) - Stieg Larsson for The Girl Who Played with Fire (translated by Reg Keeland). Reader: Saul Reichlin (Whole Story Audio Books) - Ian Rankin for The Complaints. Reader: Peter Forbes (Whole Story Audio Books) The awards -- provided by Bristol Blue Glass -- go to both the author and reader of each category. posted by Peter James at 11:37 AM 0 comments
Friday, April 02, 2010 New Zealand Bug Of Non Electric Type I'm just back from a round-the world trip where I stopped for book promotion and research in Cape Town, Sydney, New Zealand and, en route home, LA. Went to Auckland and Hamilton in NZ where I've been before then to South Island, Queenstown and Christchuch and loved it there. Great restaurants and incredibly friendly people - and spectacular scenery. Drove from Queenstown to Christchurch - five and a half hours and for the first four of them you are driving through spectacular mountainous scenery and you can go ten mins without seeing another vehicle! We flew from Queenstown to Milton Sound, the famous fjord, pictured below, where some of Lord Of The Rings was filmed. I love Australia but there is always the nagging feeling that you are about to get bitten by a spider, eaten by a shark or a saltwater crocodile or stung to death by a jellyfish there. Apparently, of the ten most poisonous species of spider in the world, all ten reside in Australia! The New Zealanders are fond of telling you that - and that there are no poisonous insects or snakes or any dangerous creatures anywhere in New Zealand. But they forget to tell you about the Bat-Winged Cannibal Fly, pictured below. Now you seriously would not want one of those in your soup!!! But... on the subject of food, we ate in some fab restaurants on the trip. Truly memorable were Rockpool (best steak of my life) in Sydney , Wai in Queenstown (best oysters ever) and The Bunker restaurant in Queenstown - terrific food and ambience. Additionally, we stayed in three memorable hotels - I'm very, very fussy about my hotels. The Sofitel in Queenstown was quite superlative in every way, The George in Christchurch was a real surprise - hip, modern, superb in every way and the friendliest and most efficient staff I've ever come across. The third was the curiously named Sebel Suites in Auckland - bang on the buzzy waterfront, where you want to be, again, hip, modern, very delightful and stunning views over the yacht basin.  Milton Sound - a fjord that goes into the open sea. Where some of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was film - sometimes the scenery altered digitally - but not in this pic!!!  Erm, g'day, you the skipper?  Another of Milton Sound's quite stunning views  Our delightful friend, US Urologist Harvey Mannes, poses to show scale with the Bat-Winged Cannibal Fly. Fortunately, his equally delightful wife, Eve, is not inside one of the creatures...  Cannibal Fly closeup. Before you go "yech" I'll remind you of a conversation I heard on a lawn outside Sussex University a few years ago. Two crusty old dons were peering down at a half-eaten thrush lying in the grass. One said to the other: "Well, of course, old boy, if it wasn't for flies, the whole of England would be knee-deep in dead birds."  History of the Bat-Winged Cannibal Fly  Some of the scenery we flew over en-route to Milton Sound  That "top-of-the-morning" feeling!
Friday, March 19, 2010 Bungee Hell! I'm currently in South Island New Zealand, home of bungee jumping and stopped to take a look at this "fun" activity, just outside beautiful Queenstown, over a gorge where some of the filming for Lord Of The Rings took place. The idea of jumping off a bridge with an elastic band attached to my ankles appeals to me marginally less than having my internal organs removed without an anaesthetic. If you take a look a the guy's face in the third picture, he does not look like a guy who's getting value for money for the $165 he's just stumped up for some fun. Fun???? The late composer, Sir Arnold Bax, famously said: "Try anything in life once, except incest and folk dancing." I think he could have safely added bungee jumping as well!  The jumping platform. Gallows???  A crowd gathered to watch the executions...  "I paid $165 for this. Haven't had so much fun ever!!!!"  "Aaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh!"  "Am I meant to bounce off the rubber boat?"  "Great guys, can we go again???"
Monday, March 15, 2010 THE PERFECT MURDER COMPETITION Thanks to all of the hundreds of you who so enthusiastically entered my "The Perfect Murder" competition in my newsletter. I'm delighted to announce the winner is Karen Morgan of Faversham, Kent, pictured here with her Champagne prize. 
Saturday, March 06, 2010 Dead Like You - The Trailer Of The Book! Dead Like You from Peter James on Vimeo. I'm thrilled to show you this very evocative trailer that my publisher Pan Macmillan have put together for the sixth Roy Grace novel, Dead Like You, which is out in June. I think it's beautifully shot and suitably dark and moody - what do you reckon? It gives a nice taste of what a future TV series might look like... posted by Peter James at 3:37 AM 27 comments
Sunday, February 28, 2010 Peter James Does Time! Well, I suppose it had to happen one day - that I would fall foul of the law.... and here are the pictures below to show the whole sorry saga....!  Arrested  Charge being read out: "Crimes against sartorial elegance and wearing loud socks"  Being processed...  Languishing behind bars  Time to reflect on my crimes... especially as my cellmate is not too chatty...  Time continues to drag... and I've only been here half an hour. Feels like a life sentence already...  Peter James Charge Sheet What these photos do not show is that I was not alone! Also in the cells were Dame Vera Lynn, Martin Richards, the Chief Constable of Sussex, The Chief Executive of Brighton and Hove, The Chief Executive of The Albion football club and the Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex! What terrible misdemeanours had we all committed???? This was a fund-raising event for Sussex Crimestoppers, of which, along with Dame Vera, I'm co-patron and for the wonderfully restored Old Police Museum. (this incidentally has some real history - the old Brighton Police Station is where the only serving Chief Constable in the UK has ever been murdered!) In order to be released we had to raise a minimum of £500 from phoning friends. I'm pleased to say we were all successful, and my generous mates stumped up almost £3,000 - mind you there were several who offered to pay a lot more if I was kept inside!!!!! The event was a huge success, raising over £12,000 on the day towards a target of £20,000. Not many people realise the vital role Crimestoppers play in the fight against crime - not that it is almost totally funded by donations. Crimestoppers give the public the ability to report crime totally anonymously, without any fear that they will subsequently be dragged into court as witnesses. The classic example is a resident who believes a particular address in their street is being used by drug dealers. If they phoned the Police there is a risk that the dealers would find out who reported them and make reprisals. Crimestoppers guarantees absolute anonymity. It is a cause that is hugely worth supporting. I have to say, being processed and incarcerated is a truly horrible experience. That sudden loss of liberty, even though I knew it was only for a short time, is very scary, and it is incredibly how quickly you start to feel "institutionalised". I'm really quite pleased to be out. I'm going straight from now on, I promise....! posted by Peter James at 1:51 AM 6 comments |
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