Letters from Blair Purvis

Blair Purvis

Occasional letters about the writing — where the books come from, what is coming next, and news when there is news. Not often. A handful of times a year, and never for the sake of it.

The Art of Surrender is published on 15 October 2026. If you would like to know when it lands, and to read a little of it before then, this is the place to say so.

Publication news for The Art of Surrender, and for whatever follows it.
First access to the bonus chapter when it is ready — sent to the list before it goes anywhere else.
Notes from the desk: the places the novel is set in, and what it took to get them onto the page.

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