Books

Following the release of her debut children’s sci-fi adventure novel, Jo Withers shares the top 10 things her readers should know about her: I’m a very impulsive person – sometimes ...

Parents are forever telling their children to ‘be themselves’ – but at what cost? More than half of British youngsters aged between 11 and 16 have reportedly been bullied about ...

My mother’s side of the family back through many generations comes from Cornwall. It’s a place of heady childhood memories and a place I am constantly drawn to. With its ...

Most mornings I wake up with words. The night before, I have usually fallen into bed zombie-like, but some strange alchemy happens while I sleep. First thing, I scramble for ...

Every day you’ll see images of women popping straight back to work after having a baby.  Not just snapping back to her pre-baby figure but back to earning some real ...

By Tessa Levy, 88-year-old author of No One But You, a fictionalised memoir and family saga, described by some reviewers as a ‘coming of age’ social history novel. No One ...

R. B. Maxwell lives in Leicestershire, works in a mundane office job and loves the escapism of dancing, bike riding and watching high-octane, fast-paced, nail-biting action films. Her debut novel, ...

“We need to realise that food is not our enemy and make friends with it again. Have fun with it and seek out easy and quick recipes that fit in ...

Fiona Kay is a costume historian and Neil Storey is a social historian and they both have remarkable archives assembled over many years that chart British lives and fashions from ...

Following the release of Seeking Atticus, a debut novel inspired by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, author Norm D’Plume shares the top 10 Atticus Finch quotes to help you ...

We caught up with Psychic Medium Keely Potts to discuss her debut book- Greg Said. What can readers expect from your new book Greg Said? Readers can expect to have ...

Following the release of her second historical novel, Virgin to Victoria, Trisha Hughes shares the top 10 things you should know about Queen Victoria: Queen Victoria ruled the largest empire ...

I don’t know how much you know about angels, but one thing to remember is that angels love us all. Regardless of what religion we are or where we are ...

I have always had a fear of spiders. Eric was created when having to deal with a very large spider at home, alone. This has enabled me to to gradually ...

The book—about a group of friends left behind in Washington, DC, when their significant others go out on the campaign trail during a zany election—was inspired by my own experiences ...

On being asked to write a short piece on ‘A Day in the Life of Leigh Russell,’ I agreed without giving the question a second thought. After all, how difficult ...

I write crime fiction that packs a punch. I have two series - a Manchester police procedural introducing DS Kevin Coupland. Kevin is the wrong side of forty, overweight and ...

I’ve always enjoyed a good old action-packed dream and since starting this writing malarkey, I scribble a lot in my sleep too. It’s all gobbledygook, of course, but when I ...

The Soldier, the first in a new trilogy set in the Polity Universe, is out now from TOR. If you want to write SF you must have some understanding of ...

One day while working as a plainclothes police officer, my team and I chased a drug dealer who threw his stash into the sea. The tide was going out and ...

I was born in America but grew up in Canada. I was young when we moved, which meant lots of failed spelling tests (color vs. colour, check vs. cheque). Perhaps ...

I am very keen on my bed – I do a lot of thinking when I am half asleep under a mound of goose-down. But once I’m up I’m firing ...

I USED TO BE OBSESSED WITH BBC WAR CORRESPONDENT KATE ADIE I grew up watching her reporting from battle zones and was amazed at how she could remain so calm ...

This will take some filtering as I write. Not only because every day is so different in my life, but also because I seriously fit that much into my day, ...