Mark C Newton https://markcnewton.com Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:24:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Never King: German Cover https://markcnewton.com/2017/08/21/never-king-german-cover/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 06:24:43 +0000 http://markcnewton.com/?p=19359 German Cover Never King

Or rather, “Höllenkönig”, which is translated as “Hell’s King”. Pretty, isn’t it?

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Copies of the Never King by James Abbott (me – under a pseudonym) arrived today – and they look rather nice indeed. Quite the striking, chunky tome. The novel will be published mid-May, so expect a little more genre noise about the title to follow in the coming weeks.

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Mood for January.

]]> Whisky Updates https://markcnewton.com/2016/12/31/whisky-updates/ https://markcnewton.com/2016/12/31/whisky-updates/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2016 08:30:07 +0000 http://markcnewton.com/?p=19288 diageo bottles
Did I mention that I’m going to be reviewing for Britain’s leading whisky publication, Whisky Magazine, next year? That means I’ll be paid to drink. Imagine that! It’s tougher than you think though… Anyway, given that many of you might not even know about my whisky website, that’s the route I took to get there. Building on my novel writing, blogging assiduously for five years, which then led to writing articles for the magazine. And hey presto! A great gig. I think that’s the thing with writing, no matter which direction you take: always build on what you’ve done before.

Anyway, in the meantime here are some things I’ve been up and tasting to in the world of whisky, if you’ve not been following the blog.

1) I went to the Diageo Special Releases event, which was an incredible opportunity to taste some rare whiskies.

2) My favourite whisky of the year, when value was taken into consideration, was The Macallan Edition No. 2, with second place going to the Kilkerran 12 Year Old.

3) Other good ones include this anCnoc 35 Years Old, a brilliant Bunnahabhain Moine Rum Cask, Glenfiddich Project XX, and the new Glenmorangie Grand Vintage Malt 1990. Oh, and the Ardbeg Twenty One was also very good – a new and rare Ardbeg from a time of limited production.

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