Burning Chair’s Top 5 Thrillers

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Going Dark, by Neil Lancaster, we’ve been back through our bookshelves to rekindle (as if it had ever gone away!) our love affair with thriller novels. Stupidly, we set ourselves the challenge of listing our favourite five thrillers of all time, something which has proven incredibly controversial here in […]

Going Dark – The Unboxing!

We’re all getting very excited here at Burning Chair HQ, with the release of Neil Lancaster’s debut thriller, Going Dark, just days away… At the weekend, we took delivery of the proof paperback copy – the first ever copy of Going Dark to come off the production line. In the video below, we unbox it […]

An Interview With Neil Lancaster

Today we have a special treat for you: an interview with Neil Lancaster, author of Going Dark, his debut novel which hits the shelves in just over a week’s time, on 17 April 2019. Neil is a fantastic guy who has led a hugely interesting life, with many of his experiences influencing Going Dark, a […]

How To Write A Crime Thriller

To celebrate the imminent release of Neil Lancaster’s debut crime thriller, Going Dark, we thought we’d share our top 7 tips on how to write a great crime thriller. The crime thriller genre is complex and we’re clearly not going to do full justice to it in one single blog post. There are some great […]

Guest Blog – The value of Creative Writing courses

To celebrate the release of Georgia Springate’s debut novel, Beyond, on 1 March, we asked Georgia to write a Burning Chair blog on the value of Creative Writing courses – she graciously accepted. Here are her thoughts:   So, before I delve into the what’s, when’s and why’s of my own experience, let me throw […]

An Interview With Georgia Springate – #2

A couple of blog posts ago we were overjoyed to interview Georgia Springate about her debut novel, Beyond, which is released on the 1st March. Georgia was such a great sport and interviewee that she gladly agreed to come back and submit herself to our questioning once again – this time talking about what inspired […]

Our top five emotional YA novels

To celebrate the imminent release of Beyond, the exciting debut novel from Georgia Springate, we thought we’d share our Top Five Emotional Young Adult (YA) Books. Beyond is the story of Alex, a 14-year-old boy who has to put up with not only the usual teenage boy issues – school; a girl who’s oblivious to […]

An interview with Georgia Springate

A few weeks ago we were over the proverbial moon to be able to interview Georgia Springate ahead of the publication of her first novel, Beyond, which is released on the 1st March. Georgia is in the final year of her English Literature degree at The Open University and lives in a crazy house in […]

Beyond – Cover Reveal

Beyond, the debut novel from Georgia Springate will be released on 1 March 2019 and we are seriously excited to now be able to share the cover with you.   Designed by the creative genius, Jennie Rawlings, over at Serifim, we think this is one of the most stunning covers we’ve ever seen. Beyond is […]