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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...
Rebecca Collins
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Oct 10, 20203 min read
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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...
Adrian Hobart
Sep 26, 20204 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Sep 10, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Sep 7, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Aug 29, 20204 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Aug 25, 20202 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Aug 14, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Aug 12, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Aug 3, 20203 min read
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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...
Adrian Hobart
Jul 16, 20202 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Jul 3, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Jun 23, 20202 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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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....
Rebecca Collins
May 29, 20203 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Mar 29, 20203 min read
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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...
Adrian Hobart
Feb 20, 20203 min read
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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...
Adrian Hobart
Oct 3, 20193 min read
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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...
Rebecca Collins
Sep 26, 20192 min read
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