The Vacation by John Marrs

Having recently interviewed John Marrs in his one and only in person interview at the Deepings Literary Festival, how could I resist taking part in the blog tour for The Vacation? My thanks to Anne Cater and Tracy Fenton for inviting me to participate. I’ve been a fan of John’s writing for years and he’s […]

Interviewing John Marrs, Author of The Minders

I’ve long loved John Marrs’ writing and John has featured here on Linda’s Book Bag many times. Today, as his latest book The Minders, is published, I’m delighted to interview John all about it as part of the launch celebrations. My enormous thanks to Isabelle Ralphs for inviting me to participate. You’ll find John on […]

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs

It is far, far too long since John Marrs has featured here on Linda’s Book Bag and I am thrilled to be able to share my review of John’s latest book, What Lies Between Us for the blog tour today. My enormous thanks to Sophie Goodfellow for inviting me to participate. It’s a real honour […]

The One by John Marrs

My grateful thanks to Stephanie Naulls at Ebury Press for an advanced reader copy of The One by John Marrs in return for an honest review. Previously titled A Thousand Small Explosions, The One is published by Del Rey, an imprint of Ebury, in e-book on 26th January 2017 and in paperback on 4th May […]

The Deepings Literary Festival 2022

At last! I can hardly believe that we can finally go ahead with the 2021 Deepings Literary Festival – albeit a year late in 2022. As many of you know, I live in a cluster of Deepings in South Lincolnshire that includes Deeping St Nicholas, Deeping St James, Market Deeping, Deeping Gate and Deeping St […]