Celebrity Interviews

From stay-at-home dad to the Kindle Storyteller Shortlist in two and a bit years… Quite frankly, the stuff of dreams and no one has been more surprised than me apart ...

By Esther Marshall  I became passionate about writing books for children through personal experiences that have totally changed my outlook on life for the better on certain topics. Firstly, after ...

The happiest memory of lockdown was hearing my three-month-old baby laughing for the first time at my frantic attempts to entertain him by dancing to Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give ...

-  “You hear that music in the air? Take the train to the top of the world and I'm there! I'm Home!” -Lin Manuel Miranda, In The Heights ...

I saw something really interesting happen when I started my research into digital monsters. People’s biases regarding the online environment became massively obvious, and often spoken of freely where previously ...

Let’s get something straight. Female characters do not need to be “likable.” It’s a double standard to demand that of them. In fact, if you scroll through Goodreads or Amazon ...

Horror thrives in the familiar. That sounds counter-intuitive, but all of the most iconic horror stories involve something normal—something mundane—that has been changed. Malevolent children. A phone call with no ...

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-  1. With more banks building budgeting functions into their apps, keeping on top of your finances has never been easier. If your bank does not offer this yet, check ...

Former celebrity stylist turned author Ceril Campbell writes exclusively for Female First upon the release of her new novel, Secrets In The Dark. I am sure we all experienced some ...

In amongst all the shocking puns so often deployed in this sector, one that made me laugh for its inventiveness as well as inappropriateness (wrong country) was ‘Estu’hair’ on the ...

Working in the management ranks of a busy tourist attraction was good for my CV and my bank balance, but it wore my mental health down to the quick. A ...

Writing my first novel felt like a huge undertaking, especially attempting to write historical fiction. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to manage the research as well as ...

-  “You know I had to do that, don’t you?” he asked, “You might have killed that bloke, but…” he nudged me and winked “If you’re ever attacked in the ...

1. I didn’t get published until my early seventies. I’ve written ever since I was young – mostly short stories and poetry. Twenty years ago, I wrote a novel and ...

We are just beginning to recover from the nightmare that was 2020. It’s going to take some time, and it’s important to allow ourselves the space to try to find ...

Taking self-care seriously is key, and that means more than a long soak in a warm bath, although that often helps. There is so much information out there about wellbeing ...

1. I lived by the sea for ten years and only recently started swimming in it. The sea was always for looking at, not going in because I am Generation ...

Covid-19 has shaken the world – and it shows no signs of going anywhere just yet. But through the darkness, a beacon of light shines in the form of the ...

Winner of the RNA’s 2020 Joan Hessayon Award, for The Rebel Heiress and the Knight, published by Mills & Boon Historical. 2015 was the 800 year anniversary of the famous ...

We live in a society, where we have grown up believing that aches and pains are just part and parcel of being pregnant. However there really are practical techniques that ...

When asked to consider what I’d like my readers to know about me, I have to confess to a conundrum. I’m a rather private person and tend to shy away ...

When friends ask me how long it took to research and write Legion: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Lawrence of Arabia, I sometimes say “Pretty much exactly half a century.” ...

1. I volunteered in the Calais ‘jungle’ refugee camp in 2016. It was a heart-breaking experience. My time there helped to shape a section in Cows Can’t Jump where Billy ...