Mark Binmore

'Forward into the mysterious beauty of spring The crocuses, melon-dawn yellow snow-purple veined saffron and milk-hearts And birdsong becoming audible, trilling and chattering in symphony Spools of...

'Did I really agree to this?' he asks. 'A couple of people who read the first book Tour De Europa, ' he says, 'they either really liked it or they found it very uncomfortable. I liked the idea of it...

'And watching lovers part, I breathe and feel you smiling. What memories we share lie so deep in your mind. To tear out from your eyes I won't speak of forbidden lies. I'll keep watching as you leave...

Hireth. Homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, or for a home which may have never been. An intense form of longing or nostalgia, wistfulness. The grief for the lost places of your past. ...

Set in one of the last great villas on the French Riviera, in cosmopolitan London, and in the home of a landed German family within the shadow of the wall, Sad Confetti is a heart-felt tale of mature...

Short stories are, in my mind, just a brief snapshot of what could be a longer tale. A taster. Something in development. Fragments.Each of these collected shorts are just that. Saying something...

Summer 1987.Stephen Wallingford, once the epitaph of all things fabulous and now a recluse of the modern era, receives a letter from an up and coming author wishing to talk about his life. Although...

'I'm not like the other boys that you've known But I believe I'm worth coming home to Kiss away the night... ...because this one sleeps only with the butterflies Just butterflies... ...so go on and...

Sunsets Etc is a glimpse into the life of an actor as he settles into a new home and his retirement phase. A place to escape from everything. Rooms to walk around in. A garden to sit in. To think. To...

Following on from his previous novel, Sleeps With Butterflies, evoking the manifold themes and compelling rural French atmosphere of its predecessor, The Living Return continues the story of Marc...

When I toured across Europe for promotion of a recent published book, I anticipated some sort of confrontation between my own values of what a book launch should be, perhaps a theatrical presentation...