author of My Perfect Sister, RedDoor Press As soon as I learned to read I began my career as a bookworm. I devoured books like others did packets of crisps ...
I’m often asked where I like to write, and over the years my reply has become almost apologetic, as though I really should offer a more interesting response. But the ...
Have you ever asked yourself what music would complement the latest novel you are about to read? Well we asked author Lesley Pearse for her recommendations for the perfect soundtrack ...
My name is Suzy and I am a chocaholic. I have two or three mega-strong 70% hot chocolate drinks every day, plus a chocolate bars and biscuits. If I don’t ...
Everyone’s memory is unreliable because we all see things differently: you might see the plum tree with its delicate white blossoms and the wind rustling the leaves on the red ...
Stay at home? Fantastic. You have a tickle in your throat? No problem to self-isolate. It’s what we authors do – sometimes for hours on end – so immersed in ...
Female First had an exclusive chat with author Holly Race during which she gave us an insight into how she came up her fantasy trilogy the first of which is ...
Author J S Margot spent time with us as she revealed the seven things that she learned about writing including a Royal invite as a result. 1 Pepper and salt: ...
Leading Author Tamsin Calidas took time out from her busy schedule to share an insight into her life by revealing her top seven things that we and her readers should ...
1) My start in business was with Lloyd’s of London as a Broker specialising in insurance against Kidnap and Ransom and Expropriation of Assets by unfriendly Governments or Regimes. After ...
Nothing shapes us quite like our family of origin. In my book, The Sweeney Sisters, I recreate some of the interaction that I experienced with my siblings, both the good ...
Author Gillian Harvey shares with Female First what its like writing while attending to the needs of five children and who she credits for her success. Having five children wasn’t ...
Jo Saxton author of ‘Ready To Rise' spoke to Femalefirst outlining how she sees female leadership evolving today and the highs and lows experienced by women who are stepping out of the ...
Courage: I recently wrote a memoir entitled: “Concealed” about growing up first generation American in my Persian home. My parents were Orthodox Jews from the Iranian city of Mashhad. Orphaned ...
By Karen Wyatt MD for Female First In my work as a hospice physician I spent countless hours at the bedsides of dying patients and had the opportunity to listen ...
When I was four, I was handed into the lost and found at the Royal Melbourne Show because I’d followed a horse instead of my parents. The year I turned ...
We are all struggling at the moment. Struggling to get our head around the enormity of the current situation, struggling to find the essentials to feed our families, struggling to ...
How often do you receive a letter? Not a generated one offering you an eye test, or scalding you for creeping back into your overdraft, but a real one from ...
I published my first novel when I was fifty-nine, and my message to anyone who would love to write but thinks “it’s too late for me” would be “think again”, ...
- 1. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Basically a child is conceived to save her dying sister. An incredible story, beautifully told and I cried throughout. 2. Tell The Wolves I’m ...
David Cassidy climbed into the hearts of millions of teenagers because he represented something made of pure beauty. David has always been a huge part of my life. I have ...
Having a meaningful conversation can be challenging at the best of times. When we want to speak about something that really matters – whether with a family member, colleague or ...
