February 2024

  • Espionage, betrayal, scandal, corruption and murder. An author event about true events

      Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal which has been likened to that of the Post Office scandal. The audio link above is a small excerpt from an interview with Colne Radio when Matthew Young recently interviewed the authors of No Ordinary Day who are coming to the Colchester Arts Centre on Saturday 16th March at 11am to talk about their book https://redlionbooks.co.uk/product/author-event-no-ordinary-day-16th-march-2024-11am-matt-johnson-john-murray-at-colchester-arts-centre/ ‘An important book, especially now’ Lee Child ‘Espionage, betrayal, terrorism, corruption and murder. All the ingredients of a Le Carré novel, only it’s real’ Matthew Hall   On 17 […]

  • Article from The Big Issue, 2024 Indie bookshops survive closure

    Article for The Big Issue 2024 INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOPS SURVIVE CLOSURE We were asked to comment for the recent article published in The Big Issue.  Please read here https://www.bigissue.com/culture/books/independent-bookshops-closure-survive-ba/    

  • Deaths, Disasters & Destinies, Anglo-Norman History in Twelve Lives

    By Val Morgan, author, 2024 Being asked to write a blog piece about my new book by Red Lion is a real pleasure for me as Red Lion Books is a great supporter of local writers and their work. I was delighted when I knew my book would be displayed in the medieval history section in the shop. It is called Deaths, Disasters and Destinies: Anglo-Norman History in Twelve Lives. The book came about when I realised that after researching my four novels set in the Anglo-Norman period I had amassed a huge amount of historical and archival material. I was […]