Deja Vu Halloo Reeves & Worcester Steampunk Mysteries 5 by Chris Dolley It’s Groundhog Day, 1906. February 2nd is stuck on repeat, and only our intrepid trio appear to have noticed. Emmeline senses the meddling of a higher power – … Continue reading
Lambing 2020 has begun! In previous years we’ve always had a pretty good idea about who’s going to lamb and when. We’d raddle* the ram and change the raddle colour every few weeks so we’d know who he’d gone back … Continue reading
With the world on lockdown and this years Olympics having to be postponed until next year, what better time for a fun story from the Olympic archives. And where better to start than the 1908 London Olympics? Nowadays, we’re used … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking recently about the process of welcoming new members and, naturally, this dredged up memories of the many ‘first days’ I experienced. The most notable – and traumatic – was my first real job when I joined the … Continue reading
Sport is full of amazing stories. But last night Leicester City achieved one of the most amazing turnarounds in sporting history. They won the English Premier League. To put this in perspective, only four teams have won the Premier League … Continue reading
With all the excitement last month about applications that may or may not be able to calculate the number of ebook pages read (see here) Book View Cafe are proud to announce a new family of applications that will revolutionise … Continue reading
In these days of ferry disasters and sinking cruise liners one can be forgiven for thinking that the modern captain, far from being the last to leave the ship, likes to be the first onto the lifeboat. Here’s a story … Continue reading
Here’s a feel good story for Christmas. It’s the true story of one of the most amazing lifeboat rescues ever. The 1899 ‘Overland Launch’ of the Lynmouth Lifeboat. It’s a story about people who go that extra mile. And then … Continue reading
BVC will be publishing the first four Reeves & Worcester steampunk mysteries in October … in a single volume … in trade paperback. If you’d like to win a signed copy – and not wait until October – you can … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again. The incredibly wet, incredibly windy winter has passed into memory and we’ve switched from floods to proto-drought with nothing but full sun forecast for the next fortnight. The weather only does extremes these days. … Continue reading
