I didn’t set out to be a thriller writer. I originally thought I’d become a journalist, and worked as a writer and editor at my university paper. When my kids ...
NYC always presents a whirlwind of opportunities, so we checked in with the author of 500 Hidden Secrets of New York to see what spots she recommends for feisty females. ...
Sitting down to think about what A Day in the Life of Me looks like, I realised that there’s no such thing. Every day is different, every day a different ...
Hadley Wickham shares the top 10 things that her readers should know about her, following the release of her debut novel, My Bed is a Blackhole. I didn’t tell anyone ...
Following the publication of her debut historical novel, Brenda Turner shares her answers to the top 10 questions that led her inexorably on the journey to write The Arnolfini Connection ...
Sarah Davis’ experiences as a first time mum inspired her debut poetry book, Baby Daze. Sarah wrote the poems quite spontaneously while up for the 3am feeds and after several ...
Following the publication Café Britannica, Stephen Cardew shares the top 10 things that his readers should know about him: When Mrs Wade, my primary school teacher, asked me, at the ...
When I was at University, I joined the Territorial Army, where I spent five years, firstly as an Officer Trainee in the Infantry and then, after going to Royal Military ...
The course of true love never did run smooth, at least according to Shakespeare. He should know: many of his most memorable characters were the ones with the most turbulent ...
It doesn’t matter where you work, or what you do. At some point in your life, you’re probably going to find yourself working for a terrible boss. The boss who ...
Ever since my dad started a postal writing course, when I was about ten. I had to try to impress him, because that's what kids do. I started with action ...
I was an entrepreneurial child. My brothers and I charged neighbourhood children money to look over their pets and sold them home-made animal food. Not only lemonade sales on the ...
To celebrate the release of her new book The Love Factory, author Elaine Proctor tells us why she felt compelled to write it. Because I wanted, for once in my ...
I wrote my first book when I was six. I say “book”, but it was actually a ten-page rip-off of Dick King-Smith’s Sophie series, with all the characters swapped for ...
When I was asked to write a day in the life of me, I snorted at the email. Because, honestly, it’s really nothing to write home about. Pardon the pun. ...
From being a small child, I have always admired the sport of boxing and the boxers who compete, although as a small child I couldn’t have put into words just ...
I fell into writing. I was a bit lost at the time. I couldn’t juggle running my business with looking after my little boys so I’d recently closed the cake ...
There are very few ways in which my first son is like Princess Diana. At the time of writing, and unless he’s recently become the patron of a landmine charity ...
Storytelling is in my family. Thirty years ago, my father used to tell my sister Stephanie and me made up tales of two crime-solving friends called Pete and Sam to ...
