On the sad news of Barry Humphries I worked in television news for 20 years and once interviewed Dame Edna Everage. Turns out, Dame Edna had researched me and knew ...
All types of books, films and TV have their tropes – conventions that are often used and widely recognised. I don’t know if crime fans sit around talking about their ...
It was thrilling to see the success of South African Damon Galgut in winning the Booker Prize in 2021 for The Promise after being shortlisted several times. He follows in ...
One of the most interesting facets of writing is that each line vividly depicts the writer. Every writer has their own flavour, set of attributes, and expertise. Only a hardworking ...
I am turning 50 this year and suddenly, the reality that life is not actually infinite, is feeling starker than ever. Never have I felt so retrospective in my life. ...
1. When it comes to finding writing inspiration, I have two of the best jobs in the world. For 20 years, I’ve been a journalist for ITV News in Cambridge. ...
The Author Ella Carey is the international bestselling author of The Things We Don’t Say, Secret Shores, From a Paris Balcony, The House by the Lake, and Paris Time Capsule. ...
The peony is outrageously breath taking when in bloom, often with the largest, most luscious flowers and outrageous green foliage which flowers from spring to summer. Peonies are perennials that ...
7 reasons to love romantic comedy novels Kim Nash is the author of six heartwarming, uplifting feel-good fiction novels.
Her latest novel Hopeful Hearts at the Cornish Cove is published on ...
In 2021, BAFTA Award-winning Top Gear director Brian Klein entered the fast lane of the publishing world with his sensational debut novel, political thriller The Counterfeit Candidate. Two years on, ...
The story of Hedda, a bilingual Polish-German woman whose parents have died under Nazi persecution, is recruited by British intelligence. She is asked to volunteer for a top secret mission: ...
I danced with Patrick Swayze on Oprah.
Have I mentioned that before? Unlikely, as I rarely do. Okay, that’s a lie. I’ve been dining out on this story since 2007, but ...
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that's their secret weapon. Billie, Mary Alice, Helen and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. ...
My seven things by author Lizzie Page I I was a cat-person until my daughter started nagging for a dog. We got her soft-toy dogs, a robot dog, pictures of ...
About the Author Amanda Traylor writes gripping murder mysteries and domestic thrillers with complex, capable female leads designed to keep you up all night. When in the mood, she also ...
The real key to happiness is its realization. No one lives a perfect life; there are ups and downs. Every human has their own problems, but only a few can ...
France, 1940. Hedda, a bilingual Polish–German woman whose parents have died under Nazi persecution, is recruited by British intelligence. She volunteers for a top-secret mission: to replace an appointee to ...
Essex-based Author, Britta Hochkeppel, is celebrating the release and success of her latest book ‘Healing Symbols from a Higher Dimension’, through which she aims to inspire and provide keys for healing and ...
Imagine Living, written by Deborah Morgan, is the sequel to her first novel, Disappearing Home. When sixteen-year-old Robyn ends up homeless, she dreams of finding her father. But she has ...
James Bowring is the author of ‘Down in the Country: A Carlow Valley Mystery’ and ‘Down in the Woods: A Carlow Valley Mystery’, both published by The Book Guild and ...
One of the themes of In The Shadow They Cast is coincidence. During my university course I spent a year in Barcelona. At that time the woman to whom the ...
Sadly, around 40 percent of UK marriages end in divorce and, according to world-leading father-and-daughter relationship experts Dr George and Jiveny Blair-West, the main reason is that we don’t give ...
I didn’t intend to be a writer. I was always a reader, voraciously consuming pages at any opportunity. As a child, I read through the bookshelves of my primary school ...
