This is me, Mari Strachan, outside my home in Ceredigion, Wales, where I live with my husband.

The Earth Hums in B Flat is my first novel.

Because novels don't exist in isolation I've written here about what came before, and what came after The Earth Hums in B Flat, as well as writing about the book itself.

I'll be regularly adding to and up-dating this site - think of it as a work in progress!

By using the buttons on the left you can find out about The Earth Hums in B Flat, and the events, interviews, and more surrounding its publication.

Whether you are reading The Earth Hums in B Flat on your own or as part of a group, you may find food for thought in the Reading Guides. Click on the last button on the left for the Questions for Discussion from Canongate and Text Publishing (Australia).

If you're an avid reader - and I expect you are if you're reading this - and would like to know which books I enjoy reading, and the books I use for research, then a click on the Reading button will take you to them.

If you feel a novel coming on, then the Writing button is for you. And if you've finished a novel, click on the Publishing button to find out what I did when The Earth Hums in B Flat was ready to send out.

There are contact details and interesting links under the buttons, too.