Introducing The Lady by the Lake - Linda Huber
I love days when we as Team Hobeck have an announcement to make. It is like the anticipation of Christmas, but all year around. The...
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Rebecca Collins
- Oct 10, 2020
- 3 min
Book worms - more like book snakes
There is one part of this job of being half of Hobeck that is divine, thrilling, indulgent and fun, even though it can be time-consuming...
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Adrian Hobart
- Sep 26, 2020
- 4 min
The Art of Submission
'When do you know when you've found a good one?' That's a question we're often asked at Hobeck by people interested in the publishing...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 15, 2020
- 3 min
From psychiatric nursing to crime writing - here comes Alison Morgan
Just like buses, good writers seem to come all at once. At least that is how it feels at Hobeck at present. Not that we are complaining...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Announcing Author Number Four - our man of mystery
As Adrian has said in the past, one of, if not the, most exciting aspect of this work we do at Hobeck is announcing a new writer to the...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Oh we do like to be besides the seaside...
As I write this, Adrian and I have just returned from a whirlwind of a long weekend away from the 'office'. It was a not-quite grand tour...
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Rebecca Collins
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
If you love data, books and art then read on...
Recently, we decided to set up an advanced reading group. This is to be a group of people who in return for free ebooks, discounted...
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Rebecca Collins
- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
Let's go for a drive!
Working for Hobeck is not your everyday 9-5 office job. Neither of us sit down at a laptop at 9am, work for four hours, break for lunch...
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Rebecca Collins
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
A seaside world of murder and mayhem inhabited by ghosts cats? Sounds good to me
Things have been quite full-on recently at Hobeck Towers. Firstly, with the publication of Robert Daws' Rock series, and the love that...
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Rebecca Collins
- Aug 12, 2020
- 3 min
Too hot even for rhinos to trot
There are certain perks to the job of co-Director at Hobeck Books. It seems that day trips out and about is one of them. Of course there...
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Rebecca Collins
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
Oh no, there's a full stop missing in Chapter 3!
Last night I came across an article in the Guardian, which our very own Hobeck author Robert Daws had posted on Twitter. It is an article...
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Adrian Hobart
- Jul 16, 2020
- 2 min
New Author Announcement - Welcome Antony Dunford
This is arguably the most exciting aspect of the job - signing a great author to the Hobeck family. We're delighted to be working with...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Chasing ghosts with the Hobeck Cat
I'm not sure we have properly introduced the wider world to the Hobeck Cat, or, at least the inspiration behind Hobeck's logo being a...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
A pleasant tornado and the appeal of abstract painting
I have always lived a chaotic life, and the last few weeks are no exception. I seem to attract noise. I always have. I don't quite know...
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Rebecca Collins
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
The kindness of strangers
We have had a really busy week at Hobeck Books. My feet have hardly touched the ground. My current reading-for-pleasure book is getting...
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Rebecca Collins
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
The Day the Hobeck Cat Met a Magic Cat
Sounds like a catchy title for a children's book, does it not? Perhaps even the sort of book that Magic Cat Publishing might publish....
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Rebecca Collins
- Mar 29, 2020
- 3 min
Storytelling our way out of the Labyrinth
Suddenly, it seems, we find that we are all in a very strange, new situation. The Covid-19 crisis has come at us like a high tide, such...
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Adrian Hobart
- Feb 20, 2020
- 3 min
Hobeck on tour: Cornish inspiration
It was the sickly smell of burnt flesh that struck me first, followed by the wall of smoke as I opened the door. Three fire alarms roared...
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Adrian Hobart
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Partners in Crime - Morecambe and Vice weekend
There are moments in life when everything takes on a dream-like quality, where you feel like you are floating in a bubble buoyed by...
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Rebecca Collins
- Sep 26, 2019
- 2 min
Hot off the press
Don't get too excited, we're not quite in a place to be able to announce our first book, hot off the press. (Isn't that a fabulous...
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