James Rice visits Formby Books to sign copies of his debut novel.....

A great day for Formby Books today as they welcomed James Rice who came in to promote his debut novel 'Alice and the Fly'. The book is 323 pages, Published January 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton. James signed copies of his new book for fans and chatted with them. He he also did an exclusive interview with film director Jacqueline Kirkham of which we will post a link as soon as it is available.

A spellbinding debut novel by an exceptional new young British talent. This is a book about phobias and obsessions, isolation and dark corners. It's about families, friendships, and carefully preserved secrets. But above everything else it's about love. Finding love - in any of its forms - and nurturing it. Miss Hayes has a new theory. She thinks my condition's caused by some traumatic incident from my past I keep deep-rooted in my mind. As soon as I come clean I'll flood out all these tears and it'll all be ok and I won't be scared of Them anymore. The truth is I can't think of any single traumatic childhood incident to tell her. I mean, there are plenty of bad memories - Herb's death, or the time I bit the hole in my tongue, or Finners Island, out on the boat with Sarah - but none of these are what caused the phobia. I've always had it. It's Them. I'm just scared of Them. It's that simple.

Tont from Formby Books will have a few signed copies left in the shop if you couldn't make it there today.