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Rebecca Collins
- Jul 7, 2023
- 2 min
Getting too emotionally involved
We have a new author on our team, which I will tell you about shortly. Firstly, I want to talk about the issues I have being an emotional...
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Adrian Hobart
- Jun 5, 2023
- 3 min
How a podcast appearance led to greater things...
We love producing our weekly podcast, The Hobcast Book Show. We published our 123rd episode this week, which, if we stop long enough to...
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Rebecca Collins
- Apr 13, 2023
- 2 min
Dogs like avocados...
Did you know that dogs like avocados? I didn't, at least, not until we signed our latest member of the Hobeck 'family', Hilly Barmby. It...
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Rebecca Collins
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
Out with the old, in with the not really that new
‘Last year was tough, full of challenges but we survived, next year will be the year we do things differently / a better year for us /...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
There's daggers in men's smiles
You can always rely on the Bard to provide an appropriate quote for any situation. I don't know what the context of this quote was, but...
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Adrian Hobart
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Welcome to our latest author - Maureen Myant
We're beginning to wonder if we shouldn't commission a Hobeck tartan given how many Scottish authors we now have within our team. We're...
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Adrian Hobart
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
Cheers! Raise a glass to our latest signing - Tony Gartland
We've been aware of Tony Gartland's work for some years. The hallmarks have always been there: love of the craft, a commitment to...
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Rebecca Collins
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Two adults, a cat and a kitchen table
A couple of weeks ago, one of our regular reviewers / book bloggers asked me if there was any chance 'one of our team' could send her the...
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Adrian Hobart
- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
Another month, another new author. Welcome Rachel Sargeant!
She may not know this, but our latest author signing, Rachel Sargeant, witnessed the birth of Hobeck Books. It was an early autumnal day,...
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Adrian Hobart
- Feb 15, 2022
- 2 min
Rob Gittins becomes our latest author signing!
I knew the name when his submission arrived, but I couldn't quite place it. A few lines into reading his query letter, and the penny...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
Stop the Press: a new writer is joining the Hobeck Team!
It has been a while since we signed up a new author to the Hobeck Team and today, we can reveal we have just done that. For one month...
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Rebecca Collins
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
Life as one half of a two (wo)man band
I always fancied myself as a bit of a musician. At primary school I tried out for every instrument that came my way: the flute, the...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
If I read just one book this year...
We live and breathe books here at Hobeck Towers. Books are everywhere. They are in piles, on shelves, in boxes, by beds, in bathrooms and...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Hobeck doors are open!
Before we were officially open for business, in the not too distant past, I distinctly remember the day when Adrian and I sat together to...
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Adrian Hobart
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
So near, so far ...
In the global scheme of things, to use that overworked phrase, losing our summer holiday to COVID is small beer. As I write, we should...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Keeping it in the family
Rebecca and I give great weight to the idea of Hobeck Books being a family. To some this may seem a tad twee or idealistic, but when we...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jul 5, 2021
- 3 min
When the drawbridge just has to be lowered for one more...
The Hobeck drawbridge is up. Submissions are closed. Our stable of authors, is, for now at least, replete. At least this was my attitude...
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Rebecca Collins
- May 30, 2021
- 3 min
It's not just a case of whodunnit in the parlour with the candle stick...
Not many people know this, but this half of Hobeck was not a reader of crime, thrillers, mystery or suspense before we embarked on this...
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Rebecca Collins
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
An unexpected path to publication
At Hobeck we have a formal submissions process which can be found on our website. When the front door is open, we ask that hopeful crime...
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