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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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With books piling high on my desk I decided it was time that I needed help! I could not read all of them even if I had all week to myself, so I thought why not elicit the help of my readers?! Please

Being the Best Man for Dummies by Dominic Bliss

Being the Best Man for Dummies by Dominic Bliss

I’m working on the biography of the UK’s top squash player, Nick Matthew. Coincidentally, he’s just had his stag party. I wasn’t invited, however. Just as well!

History is Poetry by Les Bush

History is Poetry by Les Bush

History is Poetry; Poetry, rich in Myth. A song of the legendary fluid and vibrant, not stiff.

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Authors- Get an exclusive interview with Female First!

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Working Words with Simon Kurt Unsworth

Working Words with Simon Kurt Unsworth

Do you know what you want to say, but struggle to say it? Have you got an event or occasion coming up at which you’re required to speak and the thought fills you with dread? Do you have something to g

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We cover many different genres so there is something for every reader and a great place to find competitions to submit unpublished work to, if you have not submitted to us already!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

Seven Steps

Seven Steps to Living Your Mission Successfully by Gill Potter

Sharing my expertise and coaching others to greater fulfillment and...

The Whispering Wind

The Whispering Wind by Lexa Dudley

I am putting together a story set in Sardinia in 1855, around the time of the...

Before I Met You

Before I Met You by Lisa Jewell

I've gone back to basics, taken out tons of back story and reworked the basic...

// Latest Fiction

'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...

Peach of a speech

((((Peach of a speech))) A Play On Words by Danny Kemp

Definition: 1. A complex or confused situation; a muddle: your desk’s...

The Desolate Garden

Seventeen Years- Part Three by Danny Kemp

Seventeen years was a long time to hide a past, but not long enough to...

// Get Published

'A feather plucked from the tree of hope'

Obfuscate by Josephine Ranes

I hand the feather to a child Tell them to never lose hope. Go back to...

'I am a woman with a gypsy heart'

Gypsy by Josephine Ranes

I am a woman with a gypsy heart That sees much of the land. There is much...

'I would chase rainbows'

I wish i didn't love you by Josephine Ranes

A feeling held By only a few. I would do anything To not love you.

// Book Reviews

The Folks at Fifty Eight

The Folks at Fifty Eight by Michael Patrick Clark

A tremendous book - a definite page turner. I couldn’t put it down and when I...

Sister

Sister by Rosamund Lupton

One reviewer on the book cover describes the book as ‘where crime fiction and...

The Looking Glass Wars

The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Overall, I really enjoyed The Looking Glass Wars as it wasn't what I expected...

// Book Features

Gemini

Gemini: 22nd May- 21 June by author Loretta Proctor

Tall and willowy and ever youthful, this girl is chatty, sociable, always on the...

Taurus

Taurus: 21st April – 21st May by author Loretta Proctor

This is the sign of beauty and Taurus girls are often attractive and small...

Cecelia Ahern

Cecelia Ahern: making the everyday magical

Cecelia's books speak of a soul searching, mind boggling, indescribable level of...

// Book News

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...

The Last Policeman

The Last Policeman wins best original paperback!

Countdown City, the sequel to The Last Policeman, will be released on July 16,...

// Book Previews

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,...

Switched

12 December 2011

Switched

Amanda Hocking is 26 years old, lives in Minnesota and had not sold a single...

Blog

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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Shadows Part 12 by Jim Barrass

Return of the dreaded DVLA. Oh yes, the devil’s in the detail all right, the good old DVLA have sent me more letters demanding more money, I mean, sons of...
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// Culture

Secretariat's Meadow

The X-Chromosome – Tracing the Heart of Your Story

If we explore the literal and figurative "heart" of the race horse Secretariat,...

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto to Make Broadway Debut in Tennessee Classic

Zachary Quinto is set to make his Broadway debut in a revival of Tennesse...

Brian Cox

Brian Cox Halts Theater Performance to Reprimand Audience Member

Brian Cox broke character during a recent production of The Weir to order...