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People fascinate me, that’s half the reason I write

People fascinate me, that’s half the reason I write

I was walking my dog early this morning and she started playing with another dog. My heart froze as the other dog walker looked at me smiling and said: ‘we’re walking the same way, we can have a natter as they play.’  I’m generally bad at small...

March 4, 2023 Nigel Cooper Books, Writerslife 0 Comments
Sliding doors and ‘what if’ moments

Sliding doors and ‘what if’ moments

About 5 years back, I was offered the opportunity to write a Doctor Who story featuring Bernice Summerfield. I’m a massive, massive fan, so this should have been a no-brainer. I said no.

February 28, 2023 Nigel Cooper Writerslife 0 Comments
And the winner is…

And the winner is…

I’m totally overwhelmed that more than 300 of you entered my book giveaway to win signed copies of my three novels, including Life, Slightly (which isn’t out until September 2022). And the winner is…

January 14, 2022 Nigel Cooper Book Giveaway, Competition 0 Comments

Book Giveaway

I’m giving away a set of SIGNED paperbacks of my novels, including my 3rd novel Life, Slightly, which isn’t out until September 2022.

January 5, 2022 Nigel Cooper 0 Comments

Life, Slightly: unboxing

My first time seeing real-life paperbacks of my third novel Life, Slightly! Out in September 2022.

December 28, 2021 Nigel Cooper BookCovers, Unboxing 0 Comments
Why going back to ‘how it was before Covid’ is a terrible idea

Why going back to ‘how it was before Covid’ is a terrible idea

While prepping a reading from my latest novel Life, Slightly, I realised how much the world has changed in the past couple of years – and how we shouldn’t be harking after all the things in the ‘old’ world at all!

November 11, 2021 Nigel Cooper covid, worklife 0 Comments

Life, Slightly – a reading

A short reading from the opening of my third novel Life, Slightly.

October 29, 2021 Nigel Cooper Book Reading, Excerpt 0 Comments
Uboxing video: new covers

Uboxing video: new covers

In preparation for my third novel ‘Life, Slightly’, the covers of my first two books Beat The Rain and The Pursuit of Ordinary have been revised so they all work together. This is the first time I’ve seen them in the...

October 8, 2021 Nigel Cooper BookCovers, Unboxing 0 Comments
Reading, Beat The Rain

Reading, Beat The Rain

An excerpt from the interludes of Beat The Rain where an as-yet-unnamed character muses on their life and imminent death. There are probably happier or funnier excerpts I could have chosen…

September 2, 2021 Nigel Cooper Excerpt, readings 0 Comments
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Nigel Jay Cooper
Author. Third novel 'Life, Slightly', out now. Also a dad, a runner, a cat and dog owner, business owner. Recently moved to the French Alps after 20 years in Brighton, UK. More than a list of things. Maybe.
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