Author Interviews

When we first get involved in a relationship, we never imagine it will turn sour. It’s exciting to meeting someone new and attractive and we start to fantasise about our ...

Unresolved or unhealed grief is something so many of us are holding onto because it remains a taboo, and a difficult subject to address. It’s painful, inconvenient, messy and it ...

To celebrate the release of her new psychological thriller The Housemaid, we asked author Freida McFadden to tell us all about herself, giving 'six things' she'd like her readers to ...

1. I garden. A lot. I spend hours in the garden during spring, and I’d spend more hours in summer if it wasn’t so brutally hot here. In winter, I ...

1)  As a child in the 60s, people called me a tomboy, because I preferred reading "boys' books", and I loved climbing trees.  I'm sixty-one now, but I still like ...

There is a growing interest in adopting a plant-based diet as more and more people recognise the benefits for personal and planetary health. Whether you are considering a transition to ...

I wish I were brave enough to be a climate change activist – but I’m not. Instead I’m doing my bit through writing children’s eco-adventures. I wrote “CLASH OF THE ...

Our relationship with the forces of nature around us, particularly if we live in urban areas, can be compromised at best and in complete disarray at worst. But in Chinese ...

Writing Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine shocked me, if only because I never before understood why our culture addresses motherhood as trivial. The most important ...

With interest rates on the rise, energy prices soaring and National Insurance increases hitting our pockets this month, money and debt management is on everyone’s mind. And rightly so. With ...

1. The first and most important piece of advice is simply ‘don’t give up’. I know now the best thing to do after getting a rejection slip (which we ALL ...

Being 80% perfect is achievable in everyday life if you make it a habit. I still have to remind myself every day to stop aiming for 100% perfection – why? ...

The struggle to balance a demanding job and parenthood is a central theme in my crime novel, Breakneck Point. As a working mother of four children, I wanted to show ...

Psychiatrists assess, diagnose and treat mental illnesses. Just like surgeons specialising in different parts of the body, there are numerous types of sub- specialist psychiatrists. More than you can stroke ...

- The nuns (long story) were terrified about the whole what does a Scotsman wear under his kilt thing and had a pair of underpants made from the same tartan ...

Whether it’s a window box or the majestic grounds of a stately home, gardening is about taming – and shaping – nature. Small wonder, then, that gardens are such rich ...

People often qualify my writing as cinematographic. They can see it all as they read. Maybe that’s because I see it all when I write — not just static images, ...

‘It can feel very daunting being on the outside...’ I started writing when I was 19. And this year, at the age of 48, my debut book is finally being ...

Negative feelings and thoughts towards one's body are defined as body dissatisfaction or body image distress. Body image distress usually occurs among those with mental health disorders - including food ...

Your thoughts are energy streams and constant thoughts create links to the people you spend time with. If your relationship is loving, then the cord that connects you will be ...

I try my best to refrain from giving advice on anything, including writing. So, instead, I’d like to share a few things that I’ve learned over the course of writing ...

My novel Fire of the Dark Triad is a fast paced, cyber-punk thriller that revolves around the concept of the Dark Triad. Dark Triad individuals have little regard for others ...

Who knew that when you write, there is a complex interaction going on between the eye, the brain and the hand - the pen you hold is merely a conduit ...

The Stealing is a modern gothic incarnation of the classic gothic romance, featuring an independent young woman trapped in dreary and oppressive surroundings, a gentleman hero, storms at sea, a ...