There are apparently, as I type, 67.33 million people living in the UK (there might be more, or less, by the time you have finished...

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...

We love producing our weekly podcast, The Hobcast Book Show. We published our 123rd episode this week, which, if we stop long enough to...

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...

‘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 /...

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...

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...

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...

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...

She may not know this, but our latest author signing, Rachel Sargeant, witnessed the birth of Hobeck Books. It was an early autumnal day,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Hobeck drawbridge is up. Submissions are closed. Our stable of authors, is, for now at least, replete. At least this was my attitude...

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...

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...