Join hosts Christine Daigle, Jena Brown, Kevin Tumlinson, and Dick Wybrow as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including stories about Substack, scams, fake reviews, Audible, and AI translation. Then, stick around for a chat with Anthony Horowitz!
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony is a born polymath; juggling writing books, TV series, films, plays and journalism. Anthony has written over 50 books including the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider, which is estimated to have sold 21 million copies worldwide and has been turned into a hugely successful TV series by Amazon Freevee. A third series has just been filmed and the fourteenth Alex Rider novel, Nightshade: Revenge will be published in 2023.
Anthony is also an acclaimed writer for adults and was commissioned to write two new Sherlock Holmes novels The House of Silk and Moriarty. He was commissioned by the Ian Fleming Estate to write continuation novels for James Bond with Trigger Mortis and Forever and Day, published in 2015 and 2018 respectively. A third novel in the series With a Mind to Kill was published in May 2022.
Anthony is responsible for creating and writing some of the UK’s most beloved and successful television series, producing the first seven episodes (and the title) of Midsomer Murders. He is the writer and creator of award-winning drama series Foyle’s War, which was the Winner of the Lew Grade Audience award for BAFTA. DCS Foyle was voted the nation’s favourite detective in 2011. Anthony has also written other original complex dramas for ITV, particularly thrillers. Collision, a major five part “state of the nation” piece was transmitted on ITV1 in November 2009 to seven million viewers a night. He followed this with the equally successful legal thriller Injustice, also for ITV 1 – transmitted in June 2011. Foyle’s War returned in March 2013 as a Cold War thriller and was greeted with such critical acclaim and demands for more that he wrote one final series, bringing the show to an end in January 2015. Anthony’s series, New Blood, premiered on the BBC in 2016.
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Anthony Horowitz: https://anthonyhorowitz.com/
Marble Hall Murders: https://anthonyhorowitz.com/books/title/marble-hall-murders
Is the Next Great American Novel Being Published on Substack? – https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/is-the-next-great-american-novel-being-published-on-substack
Two to Avoid: Book Order Scams and Fake Reviews –
Audible Rolls Out AI Narration Technology for Publishers, Preps for AI Translation – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/05/audible-rolls-out-ai-narration-technology-for-publishers-preps-for-ai-translation/#:~:text=Audible%20Rolls%20Out%20AI%20Narration%20Technology%20for%20Publishers%2C%20Preps%20for%20AI%20Translation,-May%2013%2C%202025&text=Audible%20officially%20announced%20their%20initiative,for%20audiobooks%2C%20including%20machine%20translation.
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James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Dick Wybrow – https://www.dickwybrow.com/
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Anthony Horowitz: https://anthonyhorowitz.com/
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Join hosts J.D. Barker, Christine Daigle, Kevin Tumlinson, and James Blatch as they discuss the week’s entertainment news, including: “James Patterson Plans to Take on Hollywood, and Cable News, on Substack,” “An Actual Taylor Swift Book Due November 29 As A Target Exclusive,” and “TikTok’s Owner Already Publishes Digital Books. Now It’s Moving Into Print.” Then, stick around for a chat with Andrew Child!
Andrew Grant was born in Birmingham, England in May 1968. He went to school in St Albans, Hertfordshire and later attended the University of Sheffield where he studied English Literature and Drama. After graduation Andrew set up and ran a small independent theatre company which showcased a range of original material to local, regional and national audiences. Following a critically successful but financially challenging appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Andrew moved into the telecommunications industry as a ‘temporary’ solution to a short-term cash crisis. Fifteen years later, after carrying out a variety of roles – including a number which were covered by the UK Official Secrets Act – Andrew escaped from corporate life, and established himself as the author of the critically-acclaimed novels Even, Die Twice, More Harm Than Good, RUN, False Positive, False Friend, False Witness, Invisible, and Too Close To Home. Andrew is married to novelist Tasha Alexander, and lives on a wildlife preserve in Wyoming, USA.
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Andrew Child – https://www.jackreacher.com/us/authors/
In Too Deep – https://www.amazon.com/Too-Deep-Jack-Reacher-Novel-ebook/dp/B0CR2Z9KKD
James Patterson Plans to Take on Hollywood, and Cable News, on Substack – James Patterson Substack Plans Include Video Interview Series
An Actual Taylor Swift Book Due November 29 As A Target Exclusive – https://lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2024/10/an-actual-taylor-swift-book-due-november-29-as-a-target-exclusive/#:~:text=What%20may%20be%20the%20biggest,Target%20%E2%80%9Cwhile%20supplies%20last.%E2%80%9D
TikTok’s Owner Already Publishes Digital Books. Now It’s Moving Into Print – https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/books/tiktok-bytedance-8th-note-press-print.html
Show Links:
Writers, Ink on YouTube! – https://www.youtube.com/@jdbarker_author/podcasts
J.D. Barker – https://jdbarker.com/
Christine Daigle – https://www.christinedaiglebooks.com/
Jena Brown – https://www.jenabrownwrites.com
James Blatch – https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Kevin Tumlinson – https://www.kevintumlinson.com/
Andrew Child – https://www.jackreacher.com/us/authors/
TODAY’S SPONSOR:
AutoCrit – https://www.autocrit.com/jd (click this link to take advantage of our Writers, Ink special offer!!!)
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Best of BookTok – https://bestofbooktok.com/
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Music by Nicorus – https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep
Voice Over by Rick Ganley and recorded at Mill Pond Studio
Website Design by Word & Pixel – http://wordandpixel.com/
Contact – https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/
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