Books

As a child I was brought up by my ever so caring grandparents from the age of one year old, along with my sister Zoe. For some reason still unknown ...

by psychotherapist, counsellor and author of Finding A Balanced Connection, John-Paul Davies Internally, you might see boundaries as the thinking, feeling and behavioural lines you draw to make sure ...

To celebrate the publication of her second book, The Last of Us, we asked Harriet to tell us how she kick-started her creative process. I feel like authors are often ...

Isn't it strange how many of us come to this world with dreams, and only a few of us get the chance to make those dreams come true? Have any ...

I have always wanted to be a writer; but not because I have a dream of pots of money or fame, I am not interested in either but because it ...

Janey Louise Jones is the author of Princess Poppy, Please, Please Save The Bees! We have all read the reports saying there are fewer pollinators around and as humans we ...

I don’t know many people who can resist the alluring flash of a beautiful gemstone.  I certainly can’t!  My fascination with gemstones has seen me qualify as a gemologist with ...

The day you stop learning is the day you stop earning, so here are my 5 top benefits from learning something new. Sometimes, particularly as adults, we slip into the ...

It’s time to get personal, to dispel the romantic notion that we have more important things to do. But first, the big picture. The ambition of the Paris Agreement is ...

After many years of travelling and living out of a backpack, Stephanie Hill returned to the UK after popping to Bermuda for a two-week holiday and staying for 16 years. ...

Suicide is in the news all too often. Increasingly people of all ages are taking their lives. To mark Mental Health Awareness Week experienced counsellor and author Dr Jo-Ann Rowland, ...

Storytelling is in my blood My father was a great storyteller. He grew up hearing stories being told around  around the fireside. When I was young, he didn’t need a book at story time, ...

Four years ago, I married myself in a cultural ceremony in Brighton. I chose a big public affair, with all the traditional elements of a wedding including a wedding dress, ...

I’m a caffeine addict - I prefer my caffeine in the form of mochas (like Jo Fournier), although I’ll often have lattes or regular coffee to cut back on the sugar. I ...

I fainted during the sex education talk at secondary school. True fact. Adolescence is full of embarrassments, but that one stands out. One of the characters in my latest novel ...

Having lived in Panama a couple of years and written the novel The Bookshop of Panama people often ask me about it. “That’s where the hat comes from, isn’t it?” or “There’s a canal in Panama, right?” In fact, it’s often ...

When our two children were born, my husband Peter had a good job while I was a writer, with intermittent work and no financial security. Then, his good job turned ...

Following the death of his dad, Daniel Rose devoted a year to his grief. Now he wants to help other men learn how to grieve. This is his story.   Looking ...

Gail Aldwin explains how losing her son on a beach in France became inspiration for her debut novel, The String Games. Twenty years ago this summer, I arranged to stay at ...

I read children’s and young adult books. I am a neurologist. So people automatically think that all I read are high falutin’, serious academic books. I can’t think of anything more boring than doing that ...

I’ve been a Latin teacher for nearly a decade. It’s hard work and long hours but I’m just doing it to pay the bills until I get my Starbucks barista ...

My new book Super Nutrition is something of a life’s work; it outlines all the ways in which I’ve used nutrition and my passion for food to heal the body ...