Books

The Mystery Shopper and the Hot Tub
22 January 2021

Five things you didn’t know about mystery shopping by author Helen E Field

As an expert in the hospitality sector, I have designed and implemented mystery shopper programmes for hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, fitness centres, golf clubs, contract caterers and private members ...
Shiver
22 January 2021

Allie Reynolds discusses her new book Shiver

We caught up with debut novelist Allie Reynolds to talk about her new book Shiver, here's what she had to say... Shiver begins as five former friends are invited to ...
The Godmothers
21 January 2021

21 years as an author by Monica McInerney, author of The Godmothers

2021 marks Australian-born, Dublin-based Monica McInerney’s 21st year as a published author. She offers 21 memories and observations on her writing career, as her 13th book, THE GODMOTHERS, is released. ...
The Lonely Fajita
21 January 2021

10 Reasons why I wrote my first novel by Abigail Mann

Writing a debut novel is a strange and wonderful experience. After planning a book for months, you spend hours and hours with a set of fictional characters that are a ...
Vegetarian Hassle Free Gluten Free
20 January 2021

Seven tips for a vegan, gluten free diet

Extracts taken from Vegetarian, Hassle Free, Gluten Free by Jane Devonshire (£22, Bloomsbury Absolute), Photography © Mike Cooper Veganuary is the world's largest vegan movement, inspiring thousands of people to start a plant ...

I Am The Queen Bee
20 January 2021

Don’t let self-sabotage stop you from succeeding by Dani Wallace, author of I Am The Queen Bee

Dani Wallace, 36, an ambitious entrepreneur who has risen from the council estates of Preston, where she experienced the depths of domestic violence and homelessness is now a highly sought ...
The Watchmaker of Dachau
20 January 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Carly Schabowski

I secretly love Magnum PI. Not the new show. The old one, with Tom Selleck, with his moustache, his teeny tiny shorts and the silly fighting scenes. I am not ...
books
19 January 2021

Ten Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Author and Poet Arch Hades

In the space of a few short years, Arch Hades has established a reputation as one of the UK’s bestselling feminist poets. It is also believed that she is the ...
That's What She Said
18 January 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Vicky Fraser, author of That's What She Said

-  It’s fantastic hearing about inspirational women who’ve reached the dizzy heights of Oprah Winfrey—but what if success, for you, looks completely different? And what if you can’t relate to ...
Out Now
27 November 2020

Review: Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam

Some of us love the system. Many of us want to challenge it and bring about change. Then there are the majority who are pretty indifferent either way. What all ...

Playdate
17 November 2020

Review: Playdate by Alex Dahl

For a parent, the scariest thing in the world would be to lose a child. That fear only exacerbates when a youngster goes missing without a trace, stolen away by ...

Winging It
12 November 2020

Review: Winging It by Anna Jefferson

Winging It begins with the protagonist Emily in the middle of labour, as she brings her little girl Lucy into the world.  As a reader you are quite literally thrown ...
Get Published on Female First
30 November 2016

For All Time by Susan E Birch

-  No quarter requested, No quarter received. ...
Get Published on Female First
30 November 2016

Who ARE you? by Susan E Birch

-  I am a monastery bell Calling through the mountain air. ...
Get Published on Female First
30 November 2016

'Granted!' by Bruce Costello

Slouched on one of the seats customarily occupied by husbands foolish enough to accompany their wives shopping, Leonard waits. He's a little old man with a long, scrawny neck and ...
The Mystery Shopper and the Hot Tub
22 January 2021

Five things you didn’t know about mystery shopping by author Helen E Field

As an expert in the hospitality sector, I have designed and implemented mystery shopper programmes for hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, fitness centres, golf clubs, contract caterers and private members ...
Shiver
22 January 2021

Allie Reynolds discusses her new book Shiver

We caught up with debut novelist Allie Reynolds to talk about her new book Shiver, here's what she had to say... Shiver begins as five former friends are invited to ...
The Godmothers
21 January 2021

21 years as an author by Monica McInerney, author of The Godmothers

2021 marks Australian-born, Dublin-based Monica McInerney’s 21st year as a published author. She offers 21 memories and observations on her writing career, as her 13th book, THE GODMOTHERS, is released. ...
The Lonely Fajita
21 January 2021

10 Reasons why I wrote my first novel by Abigail Mann

Writing a debut novel is a strange and wonderful experience. After planning a book for months, you spend hours and hours with a set of fictional characters that are a ...
Vegetarian Hassle Free Gluten Free
20 January 2021

Seven tips for a vegan, gluten free diet

Extracts taken from Vegetarian, Hassle Free, Gluten Free by Jane Devonshire (£22, Bloomsbury Absolute), Photography © Mike Cooper Veganuary is the world's largest vegan movement, inspiring thousands of people to start a plant ...

I Am The Queen Bee
20 January 2021

Don’t let self-sabotage stop you from succeeding by Dani Wallace, author of I Am The Queen Bee

Dani Wallace, 36, an ambitious entrepreneur who has risen from the council estates of Preston, where she experienced the depths of domestic violence and homelessness is now a highly sought ...
The Watchmaker of Dachau
20 January 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Carly Schabowski

I secretly love Magnum PI. Not the new show. The old one, with Tom Selleck, with his moustache, his teeny tiny shorts and the silly fighting scenes. I am not ...
books
19 January 2021

Ten Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Author and Poet Arch Hades

In the space of a few short years, Arch Hades has established a reputation as one of the UK’s bestselling feminist poets. It is also believed that she is the ...
That's What She Said
18 January 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Vicky Fraser, author of That's What She Said

-  It’s fantastic hearing about inspirational women who’ve reached the dizzy heights of Oprah Winfrey—but what if success, for you, looks completely different? And what if you can’t relate to ...
All The Twats I Met Along The Way
18 January 2021

How boxing helped me get my life back on track by Carolyn Hobdey

I’d never been one for the gym. I’d once belonged to one for a little while, but the wall-to-wall beautiful people and equipment I didn’t understand intimidated me, so eventually ...
The Reluctant Alchemist
17 January 2021

Seven things to know about transcendence by Cathryn Jones, author of The Reluctant Alchemist

I am grateful for leaf blowers. Not in spite of, but precisely because of the annoying noise they make. On a recent cool morning I was lucky enough to be ...
Be More Kid
16 January 2021

Why positive thinking could be holding your back by the authors of Be More Kid

If you type ‘Why positive thinking is good for you’ into your internet browser, links to literally hundreds of articles appear - each telling you why you should think positively ...
The Boatman's Wife
14 January 2021

Seven things readers might not know about me by Noelle Harrison, author of The Boatman's Wife

I started out writing plays and set up a theatre company called Aurora in Dublin in the nineties. In fact, I still write plays! Last year I put on a ...
Along the Endless River
14 January 2021

Why you should make your own wardrobe rather than buy it by author Rose Alexander

A covered coat-hanger. If you think that sounds underwhelming as a first make, you’d be right. But that was the requirement of needlework lessons when I was at school. Amazingly ...
Compassionate Leadership
13 January 2021

How I won the first Polar Race by Manley Hopkinson, author of Compassionate Leadership

My expedition to the Magnetic North Pole – The Polar Race – was the first race to any Pole where the competitors were to start at the same time in ...
Siri, Who Am I?
13 January 2021

Five things you don’t know about Sam Tschida, author of Siri, Who Am I?

My name is Sam Tschida (pronounced cheetah) and I am a romcom author. My debut novel, Siri, Who Am I? (Quirk Books) is about a woman who wakes up alone ...
Love, Almost
13 January 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Hayley Doyle, author of Love, Almost

Yes, the real Shirley Temple, not the drink! When I was a little girl, I loved watching her films with my nan. I would dance around the house and copy ...
You Don't Need Therapy
12 January 2021

Sort Your self out by Alan Lucas, author of You Don't Need Therapy

Hi, I’m Alan Lucas and I created a 7-step system to help people become more mentally healthy! It’s simply called the Sort Your Self Out system (The SYSO System) and ...
Author C. S.Bunker
11 January 2021

Ten Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me by C. S. Bunker

To mark the publication of The Lands of de Gressier, the first novel in an epic multi-generational family saga and one of 2021’s ‘must-reads’, we ask author C. S. Bunker ...

The Little Grave
11 January 2021

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Carolyn Arnold, author of The Little Grave

Writing was never a hobby to me. When I started writing novels, I never viewed it as a hobby—even before I had earned a cent. I took it seriously and with ...
I Give It A Year
7 January 2021

How I spent lockdown by Helen Whitaker, author of I Give It A Year

We’ve all come up with coping mechanisms this year. But having avoided them all my life, who knew mine would be taking up hobbies? ‘How’s your lockdown been?’ is the ...
The Awesome Power of Sleep
7 January 2021

Eight things you need to know about sleep by Nicola Morgan, author of The Awesome Power of Sleep

We used to think sleep was just about recharging. Some people even thought it was a waste of time. Thomas Edison famously tried to manage on as little as possible, ...

A Crown of Talons
7 January 2021

Seven tips for writing with your sibling by Katharine and Elizabeth Corr

When someone finds out that we write books together, the first thing they usually say is something like ‘if I tried to write a book with my sibling, I’d probably ...
Talking with Angels of Wealth
7 January 2021

How angels can help you improve your relationship with money by Amanda Hart

During this time of unprecedented uncertainty, we’ve all been challenged and many of us, financially. Through it all though, I’ve witnessed the remarkable gifts that angels of wealth have brought ...