Author Interviews

Laura Lexx, Pivot
23 June 2022

Comedian Laura Lexx shares why she doesn't describe her characters' looks in her new book Pivot
It was so easy to write every thought and feeling my main character, Jackie, would have. So why did I find describing her face so difficult? If she’s got blue ...

Jane Johnson, The White Hare
23 June 2022

The healing power of nature by Jane Johnson, author of The White Hare
THE WHITE HARE is a novel about the deep connection between landscape and people and how we often lose touch with the things that matter. Two damaged women and a ...

Rebecca Pert, Still Water
23 June 2022

Rebecca Pert, author of Still Water shares seven things she'd like her readers to know about her
1) I don’t really like talking about myself. I don’t think I’m a particularly interesting person. I struggled with thinking of seven things about me that people would want to ...

Gail Ashton, Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe
22 June 2022

Author Gail Ashton discusses her new book and urges us to ask 'what can we do for our insects?'
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with wildlife. It was (as is the case with many nature lovers) birds first. I would take my binoculars everywhere ...

Gemma Leigh Roberts, Mindset Matters
22 June 2022

How to develop a growth mindset to perform at your best by Gemma Leigh Roberts
A concept that comes up often in my work as an organisational psychologist and career development coach is that of the ‘growth mindset’ - a term originally coined by Stanford ...

Paige Cornetet, My Dad's Class
21 June 2022

Establishing a family economy by Paige Cornetet, author of My Dad's Class
With so many businesses shuttering their doors, at least for a period of time, because of COVID-19, the national and local economy is on the forefront of everyone’s mind. Amidst ...

Cathy Gunn, Felix Unbound
20 June 2022

Transitioning from journalist to novelist – my top tips by Cathy Gunn, author of Felix Unbound
Writing in short bursts and making each piece catch and hold the reader’s attention are journalistic skills that also work for novel-writing; but we need some extra ones too. Most ...

Corinne Laan, The Art of Grieving
20 June 2022

How rituals can help you work through grief by Corinne Laan, author of The Art of Grieving
After a loss, there is a period where the body and mind disconnect; a period where everything even the things you love feel uncomfortable and difficult to bear. Your mind ...

Sara Tate and Anna Vogt, The Rebuilders
20 June 2022

Why you need to stop looking back after failure and start looking forwards by Sara Tate & Anna Vogt
Who hasn’t indulged by wallowing in hindsight? Or analysed the mistakes of each misstep? ‘Regrets, I’ve had a few,’ crooned Frank Sinatra back in the sixties, articulating a sentiment that ...

Rachel Billington, War Babies
16 June 2022

Rachel Billington, author of War Babies writes an open letter to Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
Dear Thomas Hardy, I have been a fan of your torrid tales since I was a teenager. Nevertheless I have always wanted to ask you a question that you may ...

Xixi Tian, This Place Is Still Beautiful
16 June 2022

Xixi Tian, author of This Place Is Still Beautiful shares her favourite YA books about siblings
Sibling relationships have always been rich fodder for literature. I love exploring the bond between people who are uniquely the only ones in the whole world who have the singular ...

Easily You: When Wellbeing Works For You, Elodie Caucigh
15 June 2022

Seven signs you need to check in with your wellness by Elodie Caucigh, author of Easily You
“The issue with our current take on wellbeing is that we care when it’s not there.”  According to corporate wellbeing and advertising professional Elodie Caucigh, who had ignored her burnout ...

Lori Reid, Your Lunar Code
13 June 2022

Everything you need to know about your Moon Sign by Lori Reid, author of Your Lunar Code
Have you ever wondered why you react to certain situations the way you do, why your moods change so much from one day to the next, or why you always ...

Tania Malan, Ageless
13 June 2022

Tania Malan, author of Ageless says there is not a one size fits all approach to becoming ageless
The time has come to take a stand AGAINST “one size fits all”. Sophisticated technologies are evolving, rapidly bringing with it endless possibilities especially in the field of biohacking and ...

Nora Murphy, The Favour
9 June 2022

Nora Murphy, author of The Favour writes an open letter to Patricia Highsmith
Dear Ms. Highsmith, First, I would like to thank you. To me, your novels were revolutionary in the suspense and psychological thriller genres—genres I have always loved. I remember first ...

Clare Whitfield, The Gone and Forgotten
9 June 2022

Clare Whitfield, author of The Gone and Forgotten shares seven things she'd like her readers to know
I was diagnosed with ASD (old school Asperger’s) at the ripe old age of forty-three after winning the Goldsboro Glass Bell Award. I used the prize money to pay for ...

Claire Allan, The Nurse
9 June 2022

Claire Allan, author of The Nurse writes an open letter to Helen Fields
-  Dear Helen, I hope you can excuse the shameless fangirling that will follow because there will be a lot of it. ...

Maggie Brookes, The Acts of Love and War
9 June 2022

Advice to my younger writer self by Maggie Brookes, author of The Acts of Love and War
I have known I was a writer since I was about seven years old. All through my childhood and teens, I filled notebook after notebook with poems and stories, carefully ...

Birth
9 June 2022

Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine by Antonella Gambotto-Burke
Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine by celebrated feminist thinker and author Antonella Gambotto-Burke is an intellectual tour-de-force that will transform our understanding of birth, and ...

Kat Dunn (Jamie Drew), Glorious Poison
9 June 2022

Kat Dunn, author of Glorious Poison shares seven things she'd like her readers to know about her
1. Revolution is in my blood. The one in Dangerous Remedy is bigger than anything my family has known, but from my mum being loaded into a police van at ...

Faith Hogan, The Gin Sisters' Promise
9 June 2022

Faith Hogan, author of The Gin Sister's Promise shares seven things she'd like her readers to know
1. Perhaps I do live vicariously through my novels – my last novel was called The Ladies Midnight Swimming Club, I can best be described as a poor swimmer – ...

Marnie Riches, The Lost Ones
7 June 2022

Marnie Riches, author of The Lost Ones shares even things she'd like her readers to know about her
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Therese Anne Fowler, It All Comes Down To This
7 June 2022

Author Therese Anne Fowler shares seven things she'd like her readers to know about her
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Rima Ray, Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
6 June 2022

An open letter to Mindy Kaling, by Rima Ray, author of Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls
Rima Ray writes an open letter to her favourite author Mindy Kaling to celebrate the release of her new book Ruby Roy and the Murder in the Falls.  Dear Mindy, ...