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Writing competitions in the UK!

Writing competitions in the UK!

The Poetry Box International Dark & Horror Poetry Silver Cup Trophy Award 2013 - Poetry Competition

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Write a book review and link it to your blog!

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I Promise Not To Suffer by Gail D. Storey

I Promise Not To Suffer by Gail D. Storey

Each walk brings her home through another world—the world of the living river, the boggy meadows and swamps, the fence rows, the thickets, the forests, her human neighbors yards and gardens, and the d

Taking Chances by Molly McAdams

Taking Chances by Molly McAdams

I'm just going to keep writing as long as I have stories to tell. I have a book called Forgiving Lies coming out Oct. 29th, and I'm currently working on the sequel, Deceiving Lies.

From Ashes by Molly McAdams

From Ashes by Molly McAdams

I spend time on social media chatting with readers, I write anywhere from 4-12 hours a day, and I drink LARGE amounts of coffee and diet dr. pepper haha!

By Lucy Walton

If you are a book lover or a writer of prose or poetry then the Female First books section is the place to be! Discover new writers, book reviews and an interview each day with a different author! We cover many different genres so there is something for every reader and a great place to find competitions to submit unpublished work to, if you have not submitted to us already!

// Author Interviews

Inkarna

Exclusive interview with Nerine Dorman

Horror appeals to me mostly because it's something terrible that happens to...

Tidal

Tidal by Amanda Hocking

I have many different ideas for several different projects, so I have a few...

From Ashes

From Ashes by Molly McAdams

I spend time on social media chatting with readers, I write anywhere from 4-12...

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// Latest Fiction

'Beachy Head is a chalk headland in Southern England'

The Perils of a Writer by Danny Kemp

Her fall was halted by a thing akin, to an Angels outstretched wing, and down...

'She begged for money, clothes and shoes'

The Vagrant by Danny Kemp

At first she thought she was able to cope, Family to visit, offering her...

'I don’t want to drive a car so recklessly, that people have to die so needlessly.'

It's a sad life Mum! by Danny Kemp

Life is for living, not fading away. Life is for living, and not regretting a...

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// Get Published

'I love with my entire heart'

Define Me by Josephine Ranes

I’ve never once had a relative tell me They were proud of me For...

York

York- Late Autumn by Sue Birch

The memory freezes in the bone-biting chill As icy fingers prod and poke me...

'Or a carefully planted word?'

What do you fight for? by Josephine Ranes

In choosing your battles, You are choosing your fate. Obstinacy is not very...

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// Book Reviews

The Prisoner of Heaven

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Although The Prisoner of Heaven is part of a series, it is certainly not...

I Promise Not To Suffer

I Promise Not To Suffer by Gail D. Storey

Each walk brings her home through another world—the world of the living river,...

The Armada Legacy

The Armada Legacy by Scott Mariani

Having said that, Mariani’s Ben Hope series is just as fresh as ever. It’s...

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// Book Features

Fairytales with sinister twists

Fairytale Favourites You Didn't Know Had A Sinister Side

Take a look at our fairytale favourites, that have a sinister origin.

Dracula is a top villian

Top Fictional Villians

We picked the best villains found in literature.

Do books come out on top?

Books vs. Kindle

With the ever rising suggest of the Kindle, we put it to the test to see who...

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// Book News

Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel

Women's Prize for Fiction- Will the Brits prevail?

Kate Atkinson’s ‘Life After Life’ and Hilary Mantel’s ‘Bring Up the...

Downloading as the clock struck twelve.

Dan Brown Fans Beat the Queues with Midnight Downloads

With the release of Inferno, his other books ahve seen an increase in sales...

The Rosie Project

The Rosie Project to be made into a film

He originally wrote The Rosie Project as a film script before adapting it into a...

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// Book Previews

The Bone Season

The Bone Season Teaser Trailer!

Paige is given a warden who will train her, he is her enemy but she has little...

Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King- previews!

Danny becomes a drifter looking to escape the memories of his father, the drunk...

Skyfall

19 February 2013

New Bond book out this year!

With the release of Bond’s latest adventures in the movie Skyfall yesterday,...

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Blog

Shadows Part 15 by Jim Barrass

I wake, if wake is the right word, into a sea of pain, it’s more like falling into a dark dream, for this is not pain from my knee or the area around...
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Shadows part 14 by Jim Barrass

Oh yes then there were the voices, now this started a while ago but I’ve been loath to talk of it at all, because this is too weird even for this damned...
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Shadows Part 13 by Jim Barrass

So, in one sense it’s all my doing, but I had no choice. Now how’s that for a defence for being an idiot? No, not good enough? No, I don’t think so either, I...
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// Culture

The Affordable Art Fair

The Affordable Art Fair 2013

Just two weeks away, the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead is this summer’s number...

Ronna and Beverly

Ronna and Beverly

In their own words: Beverly: “We LOVE coming back to the motherland- which...

Invisible

Invisible by Liz John and Julia Wright

Invisible is a new comic play about invisible women, invisible men and the...

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