Author Interviews

How To Mars
15 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by David Ebenbach, author of How To Mars
My book How to Mars was inspired by the crazy (and quite possibly fraudulent) Mars One project, which promised to send a couple dozen people on a one-way trip to ...

Murder at the Fair
15 June 2021

Crazy things women did 100 years ago by Verity Bright, author of Murder at the Fair
My Lady Eleanor Swift Mystery series features a no-nonsense, kick-ass amateur sleuth who doesn’t like being told what she should or shouldn’t do as a woman. Trouble is, she lives ...

8 Wise Ways: To A Healthy Happier Mind
14 June 2021

8Wise™ ways to take back control of your mental health
This week is Mental Health Awareness week in the UK… and whilst I love the fact we are shining a light on mental health, I truly do believe every day ...

Believe In Spirit
14 June 2021

Seven reasons to believe in spirit by Steve Bridger and Janet Neville
As a child I was told to believe everything my teachers said about religion. As an adult I wanted proof. I did NOT believe in spiritualists or spiritualism. All nonsense. ...

Kylie Carter
14 June 2021

Seven tips to help make you a confident mum by Kylie Carter, author of Finding Yourself
When you become a mum, all your thinking and being goes into your children. They become the centre of your world and you pour your heart and soul into them. ...

Julie Wassmer
14 June 2021

From page to screen: Julie Wassmer on how her novels have become a new TV series
For 20 years I was a TV drama writer for shows like EastEnders, all the while harbouring a desire to write crime novels. In 2015, my debut novel, the Whitstable ...

You Can Cook Tasty Food
14 June 2021

How to get your kids to eat healthily - by teaching them to cook
By Helen Burgess from Little Cooks Co YOU CAN cook tasty food is out now: https://collins.co.uk/products/9780008420987 Knowing how to feed ourselves is one of life’s most important skills. It’s as ...

The Family Tree
14 June 2021

Writing a book with your friend by Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry, authors of The Family Tree
When we first decided to embark on this journey to transform our friendship into being co-authors and business partners, we had no idea what to expect. We were nervous we ...

I Know What I Saw
14 June 2021

The humourless judge by Imran Mahmood, author of I Know What I Saw
Because I am a criminal barrister, when I watch court-room dramas on TV I can't help complaining to anyone in earshot about how WRONG they got stuff. Some stuff, of ...

Cathy Lake and her dogs
14 June 2021

Nine things I'd like my readers to know about me by Cathy Lake
1. I’m an avid reader. I LOVE books and read a lot – paperbacks, hardbacks and on my Kindle. When I was a child, I read all the time, and ...

Lianna Champ
14 June 2021

Five ways to manage your first Father's Day without him
Grieving the loss of your father can make Father’s Day a harrowing experience and even though the build-up doesn’t seem to be as overwhelming as the flowers, happiness and chocolates ...

Nicole Kornher-Stace
13 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Nicole Kornher-Stace
1. I'm actually a very private person so it's hard to imagine what people might want to know about me! I started writing and trying to publish professionally around age ...

Zen Cho (Copyright: Darren Johnson)
10 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister
1. I speak 2.3 languages. Growing up in Malaysia, I spoke English with my family at home. My parents spoke Hokkien (a Chinese dialect) with each other. Among my wider ...

The Summer Holiday
10 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Jo Clegg, author of The Summer Holiday
After I saw my first stand up gig aged 21, I didn’t sleep a wink, scrawling down ideas for jokes. Although that didn’t go anywhere for me, now that I ...

Fresh Water for Flowers
10 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Valerie Perrin
I’m totally passionate about car-boot sales and flea markets. I can travel many miles to track down antique china, lace, or other items that move me, that have a past. ...

Windswept
10 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Annabel Abbs
I once swore at two policemen for 20 minutes straight, in the worst language you’ve ever heard … I was about to give birth in my car because I was ...

Widowland
10 June 2021

Read an exclusive extract from C. J. Carey's new novel Widowland
Monday, 12th April 1953 A biting east wind lifted the flags on the Government buildings in a listless parody of celebration. All the way from Trafalgar Square and down Whitehall ...

Lives Like Mine
10 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Eva Verde, author of Lives Like Mine
*I can’t drive and have often felt bit of a walking peculiarity for never wanting to learn. I’m an Essex girl these days, but a true Londoner at heart, and ...

The Wellbeing Toolkit for Doctors
8 June 2021

Seven of the biggest challenges doctors face today by Lesley Morrison
The biggest challenge that all of us, including doctors, face today is climate change. Unless we succeed in keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees in the next ten years, the ...

Girl, 11
6 June 2021

How podcasts made detectives of us all by Amy Suiter Clarke, author of Girl, 11
We’ve always been obsessed with crime – true crime podcasts have just made it easier than ever to consume ridiculous amounts of it. ‘Serial’ smashed podcast records with Sarah Koenig’s ...

Summer in the Scottish Highlands
4 June 2021

Seven things I’d like my readers to know about me by Donna Ashcroft
1. I wrote Summer in the Scottish Highlands during lockdown. At the same time my day job working for an online retailer multiplied and I struggled to keep up so ...

Grown Ups
3 June 2021

Seven things I learned from writing Grown Ups by Marie Aubert
Sibling rivalry has no age limit. Grown Ups is about two sisters, Ida and Marthe, who are approaching forty and spend a few summer days together in their family cabin. ...

The Crossing
3 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Manjeet Mann, author of The Crossing
That’s right. I’m old enough to know better, but what can I say, the dark creeps me out! When my partner's away I sleep with the hall light on, which ...

Children of the Quicksands
3 June 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Efua Traore
My name ‘Efua’ means light – I absolutely thrive in warm, bright, sunshine-y places. I can’t stand long, grey winters. ‘I was built close to water’ – This is a ...