Lesley Pearse tells FF about her new novel The Promise
‘When the book opens in 1914 on the eve of war, Belle is happily married to Jimmy Reilly and has the hat shop she dreamed of as a child. But the...

Zoe Lambert releases her debut collection of short stories: The War Tour
Lambert’s stories are written in a documentary style using imagined accounts to bring more attention to the victims of war. Her inspiration for...

Jenn Ashworth talks to Female First about her second novel Cold Light
Ashworth describes the novel as ‘the story of three teenage girls who were best friends in the late 1900s in a town a bit like Preston, Lancashi...>

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Cathy Glass talks about her new novel Happy Adults
31 January 2012
Cathy Glass’ new book ‘Happy Adults’ professes that it is the ‘secret to lasting happiness, contentment and success’ and...

Stacia Brown talks about The Glovemaker
31 January 2012
Stacia Brown, author of her first novel ‘The Glovemaker’, in her interview talks to Female First about how rewarding the process of resear...

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Twelve Inch Special by Anita Parmar
14 February 2012
People experience too many mis-experiences. We’re disconnected in some ways, even when you are close.I rumoured the lights in the window were...

Ice Cream by Dawn Purcell
14 February 2012
I stood in the queue outside the pink and white Mr Whippy van enjoying the faint smell of diesel fumes and deep hum of the running engine. Little trum...

Review: The Frog Princess Angie Beasley
20 September 2011
First Active Media Books: The Frog Princess Angie Beasley Synopsis: Life didn't hold much promise for ordinary little Angie. With few jobs aroun...

Review: William And Harry - Katie Nicholl
21 July 2010
FemaleFirst Book Review: William And Harry by Katie Nicholl William and Harry is a fascinating insight into the lives and loves of two extraordinar...

Review: Love In The Time Of Dragons - Katie MacAlister
11 October 2010
Tully Sullivan just woke up in a strange place, surrounded by people she`s never met. Which is quite bad enough. But then the strange people insist th...

Review: Beautiful Darkness Kami Garcia
08 October 2010
Beautiful Darkness Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - Some loves are meant - Others are cursed One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fe...

Review The Crowded Grave Martin Walker
20 September 2011
Book Review The Crowded Grave Martin Walker Synopsis: Life in south-west rural France is not the sleepy idyll you might suppose. Local duck and goo...

A Watermelon A Fish And A Bible - Christy Lefteri
28 March 2011
A Watermelon A Fish And A Bible - It is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the village of Kyrenia in Cyprus . F...

Book Review The Truth Will Out Anna McPartlin
20 May 2011
FemaleFirst reviews: The Truth Will Out Anna McPartlin SynopsisTwice Harri tries to marry the love of her life. Twice she fails. Since there are only...

Heart Of Tango By Elia Barcelo
21 July 2010
Heart Of Tango Elia Barcelo Heart Of Tango: A sad ghostly tale of a love that is cursed, set in the dark, passionate atmosphere of 1920s Buenos Air...

Fry to Make Major Stage Return in Twelfth Night
17 February 2012
British actor Stephen Fry is set to make his big London stage return 17 years after he walked out of a West End play at the beginning of its run. The...

Taymor Awarded Royalties for Spider-Man Play
17 February 2012
Julie Taymor to Be Awarded Royalties for Work on Spider-Man Play Producers behind hit Broadway show Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark have agreed to pay fu...

Further Twelfth Night Casting Announced
16 February 2012
Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the casting of further company members of Twelfth Night, which runs at the Globe between 22 September and 14 O...

New Dates For Christian Louboutin Exhibition
16 February 2012
The Design Museum today announced new dates for the Christian Louboutin exhibition at the museum: 1 May - 8 July 2012. Tickets to the exhibition are n...

Victoria Revealed
16 February 2012
Kensington Palace26 March - 31 December A new permanent exhibition exploring the life and reign of one of the palace’s most famous residents - Q...

The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned,
16 February 2012
Hampton Court Palace5 April - 30 September An exhibition about beauty, mistresses and debauchery at the Stuart Court.






