Thrilling Romance (The Bookseller)

Bent’s Notes The Bookseller, 16 March 2012 While hosting the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual awards (the RoNAs) alongside author and columnist Jane Wenham-Jones, Crime Writers Association chair Peter James attempted to show the gathered home-counties crowd in the Gladstone Library at One Whitehall Place his softer, sexier side. Amidst some mild on-stage flirting with Wenham-Jones…

ROMANTIC – MOI?

Thought you might enjoy this piece on my speech at the Romantic Novelists Association Awards this past Monday: The Gladstone Library at One Whitehall Place is not normally awash with glamorous ladies in full length, sequin-strewn gowns on a weekday afternoon but for the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual awards on Monday it seemed entirely appropriate…

7 Fragen an Peter James (Lesekreis)

This interview is in both German and English (scroll down). Peter James, geboren am 22. August 1948 in Brighton, ist Drehbuchautor, Filmproduzent und Schriftsteller. Seine Schulzeit verbrachte er an der Charterhouse School und studierte anschließend am Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. Danach lebte er viele Jahre in den USA. Seine erste Begegnung mit Hollywood…

LARGEING IT WITH THE ROYALS!

A couple of months ago a very smart envelope popped through my letterbox. Inside was an invitation to spend Valentines night with The Queen. Had I been selected to be Her Majesty’s Valentine, I wondered? Then, reading on, I saw the invitation was also from the Duke Of Edinburgh, and I realized he was unlikely…

POLICE BUDGET CUTS MAKE ME FURIOUS

On Sunday I was a guest on the BBC Sunday Politics show, talking about the current and future proposed Police budget cuts in Sussex (and throughout the UK). You can view this, about 35 mins in, on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01b4h6z/Sunday_Politics_South_East_29_01_2012/ Whilst I understand that there have to be cuts across all areas of life in these tough…

Just to remind you….

Ten of the world’s best crime writers are competing to have a state-of-the-art morgue named after them – and you can vote for me! The morgue is going to be a centre for scientific research and training, helping the next generation of scientists, doctors and dentists to become better at saving lives and at developing…

ROY GRACE XMAS QUIZ WINNERS!

I’m delighted to announce the winners of the Roy Grace Xmas Quiz, compiled by Mastermind contestant Ken Owen, as well as the winner of the separate limerick competition. 5 entrants tied on 49 points, so we used the limerick tie-breaker. This was won by James Fitt who gets a magnum of Champagne and a signed…