Ben Aaronovitch was born and raised in London and all his work has reflected his abiding fascination and love for what he modestly likes to refer to as the ‘Capital of the World’. He works as a bookseller when he is not writing tie-in novels and TV scripts.
I bought all the fondly remembered Target novelisations of Doctor Who stories as an 80s kid. I couldn’t afford to buy the videos till much later so the books were cheap and cheerful reminders of stories I’d loved or not yet seen. I had a particular fondness for Dalek stories and while most Target adaptations were perfectly serviceable, one stood out as being so much more. Ben Aaronovitch’s Remembrance of the Daleks. It was the one and only time that … More
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To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jon shares his London memories with you . . .
There’s a great line in Jaws when Ellen Brody, who has moved from New York city, asks a resident of Amity Island when she herself will be thought of as ‘an islander’. “Never,” comes the reply. “You weren’t born here, you’re not an Islander.” Which is how I … More
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To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Jen tells you why London is home . . .
I first set foot in London when I was 19. I was a foreign exchange student. I had never been so far away from home in my entire life. But even being an ocean away from my family and friends something about London immediately made me … More
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To celebrate our long week part serialization of Rivers of London Team Gollancz are sharing their love of London before each chapter. Today, Gillian tells you why London is a miracle of a city . . . .
London is a little miracle of a city. It’s a hodge-podge, even in the most modern, up-to-date areas of the city, are packed with hidey-holes, secret bars and second hand bookshops to discover. Huge skyscrapers cosy up against ancient roman religious … More
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This week we’re giving you a chance to acquaint yourself with Ben Aaronovitch’s Sunday Times bestselling series of supernatural London Detective novels. We’re serializing the opening chapters of the first book, Rivers of London.
Ben’s books are uniquely passionate about the city he calls the capital of the world, so we thought we’d also tell you why we love London so much.
I’ve lived in London since 1986, longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. My two sons were born in … More
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