Jon Coates

@joncoates73

News Editor @Daily_Express. Books, travel and sport. Currently reading We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman. Views my own.

Joined February 2011

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Huge congratulations to Frances Crawford whose stunning debut novel A Bad Bad Place is the first winner of both the Debut Prize and McIlvanney Prize @BloodyScotland Here's my story on her well deserved and unique double express.co.uk/entertainment/…

www.express.co.uk Rags to riches author achieves a world first for her masterpiece novel Debut author Frances Crawford, who only started writing aged 60, sweep the board of prizes at Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival

Jon Coates @joncoates73 Jan 10

Here are my latest reviews of brilliant books by @MalcolmKempt and @TomHindle3 with colleague @MattNixson reviews of @alexlarman and #JulianBarnes in today’s @Daily_Express

Matt Nixson @MattNixson Jan 9

Incoming @Daily_Express @DailyMirror book reviews from myself and @joncoates73 today... Paging @MalcolmKempt; Julian Barnes; @alexlarman & @TomHindle3 --- all great reads...
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Jon Coates @joncoates73 Nov 3, 2025

It was great fun to catch up with Canadian bestselling author #LouisePenny recently and chat about her prescient new thriller #TheBlackWolf Here’s the resulting feature in yesterday’s #TheSundayExpress @Daily_Express @EmmaHarrowPR @HodderFiction

Jon Coates @joncoates73 Oct 5, 2025

It’s always a pleasure to chat to @AnnCleeves and we recently discussed her bringing back #JimmyPerez from #Shetland in a new series set on #Orkney starting with new book #TheKillingStones Here’s the resulting feature in today’s #SundayExpress @Daily_Express #buyabook #buyapaper

Jon Coates @joncoates73 Aug 17, 2025

I recently had the pleasure of chatting to @MWCravenUK with colleague @MattNixson about his 007 spin-off books for children James Bond and the Secret Agent Academy and his latest Washington Poe thriller The Final Vow. Here's the feature in today's Sunday Express @Daily_Express