Author Interviews

13 May 2019

My inspiration for The String Games by Gail Aldwin

Gail Aldwin explains how losing her son on a beach in France became inspiration for her debut novel, The String Games. Twenty years ago this summer, I arranged to stay at ...

13 May 2019

Nine things I want my readers to know about me by Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH

I read children’s and young adult books. I am a neurologist. So people automatically think that all I read are high falutin’, serious academic books. I can’t think of anything more boring than doing that ...

8 May 2019

10 Things you might like to know about me by Nicholas Bowling

I’ve been a Latin teacher for nearly a decade. It’s hard work and long hours but I’m just doing it to pay the bills until I get my Starbucks barista ...

7 May 2019

How I ate myself healthy again, and how you can too! by chef and nutritionist Terry McIlroy

My new book Super Nutrition is something of a life’s work; it outlines all the ways in which I’ve used nutrition and my passion for food to heal the body ...

7 May 2019

Five tips for dealing with the emotional impact of cancer by Rebecca Brazier

Brutal, powerful and relentless is how I would describe the emotional impact of cancer. Cancer is diagnosed, treated and monitored in the medical world, a world of science, facts and ...

Cancer

7 May 2019

10 things I have learned about today’s teenagers by Casey Watson

They can ‘fall in love forever’ from the age of 13. Of course this isn’t usually the case, and you might recall that for generations, that first love is the ...

3 May 2019

Check out 14 of the most perfect holiday homes from around the world!

Author, Sebastiaan Bedaux, designed Nature View: The Perfect Hoiday Homes for the discerning travelers as they take on a tour through lakefront, oceanic, and woodland properties. Readers will get an ...

2 May 2019

10 things I want my readers to know about me, by Dominique Valente

To celebrate the release of Dominique Valente’s debut children’s book, Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day, (released May 2, 2019), we asked the author to open up and let ...

2 May 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Philip St Lawrence

1- I was brought up in the Cotswolds and love the West Country. In my first novel 'Message from Joshua', I tried to use scenes based upon that experience albeit ...

2 May 2019

Five things I learned about myself while writing Coronach by Kimberley Jordan Reeman

Kimberley Jordan Reeman was born in Toronto and worked in Canadian radio and publishing before marrying the English novelist Douglas Reeman, whose editor, muse and literary partner she was for ...

1 May 2019

10 things I'd like my readers to know about me, by Wendy Clarke

To celebrate the release of her new book, What She Saw, we asked author Wendy Clarke to open up a little bit about herself for her readers! Here's what she ...

30 April 2019

Leyla Cardena shares how writing helps her to manage her anxiety and OCD

I remember clearly when I was just fifteen years old, while my class mates and I were obliged to sit down and listen to our teacher about how to create ...

30 April 2019

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Kim Nash

My full time job is as Publicity and Social media Manager for publisher Bookouture. It is the best job in the world and I get to work with the most ...

9 April 2019

Angela Barton explains how dreams of a field of lavender led to her debut novel Arlette's Story

Several years ago, after our children had left home, my husband and I decided to stop dreaming about planting a lavender field in France and to actually do it! So, ...

5 April 2019

The friendship cleanse: Who should you keep in your life, and who deserves that unfollow?

These days most of us run our friendships through social media. It’s quicker, easier and far less commitment than picking up the phone. The problem is we’re getting to see sides ...

Social Media