Category: Review

• FULL SUN – REVIEW ROUND-UP

  

  It’s been a few weeks since FULL SUN was published and hit the bookshops and online stores. So far the reaction to the first Cal Jackson story has been really positive, and a huge thank you to everyone who has read the book – and especially those kind enough to leave a review. Here are…

  Iain Kelly

  24/01/2025

  book review, Books, creative writing, Fiction, Full Sun, Review, Review, Writing

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• BESTSELLER* – ALL WE CANNOT LEAVE BEHIND

  What a difference a book promotion and a price drop makes! A whirlwind weekend for ‘All We Cannot Leave Behind’ as it shot up the bestseller lists after an ebook promotion with Bookbub and price drop to 99p / 99c. It peaked at #1 in Australia in the category of Historical Fiction, earning it a…

  Iain Kelly

  28/08/2024

  Books, creative writing, Culture, Fiction, Publishing, Review, Writing

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• “All We Cannot Leave Behind” by Iain Kelly – Book Review @BookGuild #AllWeCannotLeaveBehind #BookReview @IainK_Writing

  A wonderful review over on Fictionophile’s site for my new novel All We Cannot Leave Behind. Click to read all they have to say about it! Wow! This latest offering by Iain Kelly really packs a punch! Two protagonists, both pitiable, damaged, and yet strong. The setting is the small suburban town of Liberton, just…

  Iain Kelly

  20/04/2024

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• LADY LEWIS’ LIBRARY – THE BARRA BOY REVIEW

  A huge thank you to blogger Lady Lewis’ Library, who has chosen to feature ‘The Barra Boy’ as her book review for the month of April. A glowing review and one that helps to make it all worthwhile! You can read her full review by clicking on the link above, and also browse around her…

  Iain Kelly

  28/04/2023

  book review, Books, creative writing, Literature, novel, Review, the barra boy

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• 9th SELF-PUBLISHING CONFERENCE

  

  On Saturday (22nd April), I attended my first writing conference – the annual Self-Publishing Conference in Leicester, hosted by Troubador Publishing, publishers of The Barra Boy through their hybrid imprint The Book Guild. I had been invited to give a presentation on ‘Selling From the Author’s Perspective’, giving the aspiring writers attending an insight into…

  Iain Kelly

  24/04/2023

  Books, Literature, Non-fiction, novel, Publishing, Review, the barra boy

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