Episode 55: That publication day feeling - with A J Hill

Over the past 12 months of The Hobcast Book Show, we've spoken to a number of debut authors, but we've never spoken to them on publication day itself, until now. Andy Hill, writing as A J Hill, celebrated the release of Dead Drift by speaking to us. We first met Andy at the Harrogate Crime Festival last summer, and he'd just been signed by Spellbound Books for an initial three book deal for his novels featuring Jack Lunn, a former Detective Inspector. As Andy tells us, there's more than a bit of himself in his lead character.

Also this week, we chew over the news that UK Ebook sales have dropped for most of the big publishers, and that one of favourite bookshops, Blackwells, is up for sale. And there's also a little music this week, partially provided by a very famous member of Rebecca's family...