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PERFIDITAS giveaway competition

In the eleven days before PERFIDITAS is published on 17 October, you can enter a competition to win a signed copy of the paperback. You could be amongst the first to read it, and also receive one of the specially designed bookmarks.

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Is an author name a feminist issue?

A new fan I met today who said she loved thrillers with a difference, asked me why I used my obviously female name and not initials. She thought I would gain more credibility as A M Morton than Alison Morton as I would sound like a man. I gave a stock answer and buried my […]

PERFIDITAS UK launch

All are welcome! Here are the details:

An evening with Alison Morton Wednesday 6 November 2013 at 7pm Waterstones 32-40 Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2TD

Alison will talk about and read from her new novel, PERFIDITAS, an alternate history thriller, the second in the Roma Nova series, and sign copies afterwards.

“Sassy, intriguing, page-turning… […]

INCEPTIO awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion

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The what? In the large sea of self/independently published work, there is a lot of flotsam and jetsam and not all of it is worth picking up. How to tell? Well, indieBRAG, a privately held organization has brought together a large group of readers, both individuals and members […]

Publishing the Roman way...

Money-making booksellers, exploited and impoverished authors, celebrity book launches and the danger of writing controversially. Sound familiar?

Although without the current technology of print-on-demand, digital publishing, even the lithographic or moveable type of not so long ago, the Roman world had a thriving publishing industry. Production was by teams of slaves who copied original […]