Robert Craven

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Blog entryGoodbye to Birdland Robert Craven43 months 3 weeks ago
StoryThe City of Ink - an ode to Lyon Robert Craven18 months 17 hours ago
Blog entrySo, why do you want to write? A good question... Robert Craven29 months 2 weeks ago
Blog entry“Sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself,”. Robert Craven11 year 3 months ago
StoryAloha from Roscarrig - an excerpt from Crowe II, (wip) 2021 Robert Craven11 year 4 months ago
Blog entrySo now you've published your book - what next? Robert Craven11 year 5 months ago
Blog entryHow the story arc of JAWS gave me the perfect noir thriller Robert Craven21 year 6 months ago
StoryThe wasp (an excerpt from the next Crowe investigation) 2021 Robert Craven41 year 6 months ago
Blog entryNine Books that made me want to write Robert Craven01 year 6 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (9 of 9) # 9 Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski Robert Craven11 year 6 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (8 of 9) # 8_ London Rules by Mick Herron Robert Craven01 year 6 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (7 of 9) # 7_ Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Robert Craven11 year 6 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (6 of 9) #6_ Moby Dick by Herman Melville Robert Craven11 year 6 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (1 of 9) #1 Salem's Lot by Stephen King Robert Craven11 year 7 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (5 of 9) #5_ Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller Robert Craven11 year 7 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (4 of 9) #4_ The Constant Gardener by John le Carre Robert Craven11 year 7 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (3 of 9) #3_ Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson Robert Craven11 year 7 months ago
Blog entryThe Nine Books that inspired me to write (2 of 9) #2_ Legion by William Peter Blatty Robert Craven11 year 7 months ago
Blog entryThe Allure of the island [* PRESS RELEASE *] A KIND OF DROWNING Robert Craven01 year 9 months ago
Blog entryNEW RELEASE - A Kind of Drowning Robert Craven01 year 10 months ago
StoryMy boys will pay a visit - Excerpt from A KIND OF DROWNING Robert Craven02 years 1 week ago
Blog entryReigniting the creative spark 16/02/21 Robert Craven02 years 1 month ago
Blog entryWhen is a freebie, not a freebie? Robert Craven12 years 1 month ago
Blog entry"Are you making a movie, or telling a story?" Robert Craven12 years 1 month ago
Blog entrythe world doesn't need another novel Robert Craven12 years 1 month ago

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The City of Ink - an ode to Lyon

By Robert Craven on Sat, 23 Jul 2022

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Baked summer heat in the city of ink; escooters, dreadlock'd deliveroos weave through the narrow alleys trap the heat while the mercury hits 100F...
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Aloha from Roscarrig - an excerpt from Crowe II, (wip) 2021

By Robert Craven on Sat, 13 Nov 2021

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Freud once observed, repetition was a ‘desire to return to an earlier state of things.’ . Crowe felt like reminiscing and pulled Elvis Presley’s ‘...
Crime
Story
Certificate 12
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The wasp (an excerpt from the next Crowe investigation) 2021

By Robert Craven on Sat, 31 Jul 2021

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One It was a Tuesday afternoon towards the end of August when the wasp came in to die. Its stuttered descent, like a downed spitfire, made Pius John...
Crime
Story
Certificate U

My boys will pay a visit - Excerpt from A KIND OF DROWNING

By Robert Craven on Mon, 08 Mar 2021

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Midnight The boat was moored in the Poolbeg Marina, near the bustling docks of Dublin. Getting cleaned down. Removing his smatterings of blood and...
Story
Certificate 15

Excerpt from Eagles Hunt Wolves: An appointment in Seville

By Robert Craven on Mon, 18 Jan 2021

1946 Seville, Spain Thousands of brightly lit paper lanterns adorned the tent city beneath the swaying shade of cooling stretched canvas. The colours...
Story
Certificate PG

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