Thunderpoint Publishing

13/03/2024

It's been a long, but productive, day at the London Book Fair. One more meeting to go...

09/03/2024

The Dead of Oban by Allan Martin is now available in the shop and to order on our website: https://www.theceltichouse.co.uk/shop/the-dead-of-oban/ Thunderpoint Publishing

28/02/2024

Congratulations to Allan Martin on publication day! The Dead of Oban currently standing at number 2 in Hot New Releases in Scottish Fiction! It's been flying of the shelves all day, so grab yourself a copy now at all good bookstores.

14/10/2023

ThunderPoint author, Ethyl Smith, writes historical fiction, so it's no surprise to see some of her favourite books: ''Favourite book, The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet. Just finished his latest tome Armour of the Light. Now reading Obsession by SJ Parris. She has great twisted plots and yes historical fiction all the way.'' Ethyl's Times series are all available from the ThunderPoint bookshop, at www.thunderpoint.scot

14/10/2023

Black Bee Books author, Julie Ann Rees, clearly suffers from the same problem as many of us - it's so hard to have one favourite book! She says, ''I'm currently reading Salem's Lot by Stephen King because it's the creepy season and I've never read it. I have many favourite books mainly in the horror genre from James Herbert Magic Cottage to Adam Nevil's Ritual. I love anything by Neil Gaiman including his short story collections and other short stories by Lisa Tuttle and the more recent brilliant work of Mariana Enrequez. The most influential books for me will always be the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint and One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. A real concoction of literature 🙂 ''

Julie's book, Paper Horses, is available from the TP bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

14/10/2023

We spoke to ThunderPoint author Alasdair Allan, for , and asked him about his favourite books: ''I like lots of books, but one of my favourites is Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. I am currently making a go of a book possibly comparable to it in Norwegian - Kristin Lavransdattir. By Sigrid Undset.'' Alasdair's own book, 'Tweed rins tae the Ocean' is available from the TP bookshop at www.thunderpoint.scot

12/10/2023

If you could right a book, which book would you right?

11/10/2023

https://www.facebook.com/CallOfTheWind

Bookshops are for everyone, but it can be hard to access a physical store in the Scottish islands - so, here is *Call of the Wind*, a pop-up bookshop based in Uist, with unusual and interesting books from Uist and the wider world, for adventurous adults and curious children. Featuring Scottish and International fiction; alternative, eco- and spirituality books; and stories featuring children from round the world.

Love islands? Scotland? A pop-up & online bookshop, bringing Uist to the world, & the world to Uist.

10/10/2023

One of our all time favourite books about bookshops, the magical 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, a Gothic novel of love, obsession, and a mysterious bookshop deep in Barcelona.

09/10/2023

29/09/2023

With the weekend fast approaching, don't forget all books from Thunderpoint Publishing and Black Bee Books are available from our own bookstore at www.thunderpoint.scot

We also offer a wrapping service - I have a broken hand right now, but there is a ThunderPoint elf who does a very nice job.

Buy ThunderPoint titles direct from the publisher.

29/09/2023

Should we be worried? We should certainly be getting angry.

Microsoft just updated Windows 11 with its new AI feature, Copilot. A clever thing I guess, one that doesn’t just answer questions but offers to do things for you too. Such as write stuff. Ou…

27/09/2023

This is the kind of history we want!

25/09/2023

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24/09/2023

Now that the nights are fair drawing in, it's time to get back to writing. Here's the first prompt of the new season: Write a story or poem on The Old Co**se Road...

Don't feel you have to share your work with anyone. Just write for the sheer pleasure, and immerse yourself in your imagination.

23/09/2023

Welcome to autumn - the sun is shining through the mist rising off the river, and our hawthorn tree has more berries this month than I have seen on it for the past four years.

Autumnal reads this year include the fabulously titled The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime, by Judith Flanders. What are you reading?

22/09/2023

Been there, done that...