Author Interviews

7 November 2017

Why We Need Strong Female Characters In Today's Fiction By SD Hancock

Strong female characters are imperative in today’s fiction. Women are starting to make their mark in a world still dominated by men. With women showing up in all areas, law ...

7 November 2017

Exclusive Extract From At The End Of The Century By Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ram Kumar could not remember his father, who had been a printer and had died of a sudden fever, leaving his wife and five small children to be supported by ...

3 November 2017

Harry Judd Discusses His New Book 'Get Fit, Get Happy'

Health and wellness advocate Harry Judd released his new book Get Fit, Get Happy last month so we caught up with him to talk about his debut. Please tell us ...

Harry Judd Mcfly

3 November 2017

Cerrie Burnell's Top Tips For Writing Stories For Children

Children’s author Cerrie Burnell has shared her top tips for writing a great story as she joins the panel of Amazon’s national short story competition. The competition is looking for ...

2 November 2017

Emelie Schepp Discusses Her New Novel 'Marked For Revenge'

To celebrate the success of Emelie Schepp's new book Marked for Revenge- we spoke to her about the importance of belief in your own work. Did you have any idea ...

2 November 2017

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Anna Snoekstra

As a child I barely spoke. I had problems hearing, which thankfully I’ve grown out of, and so I had a terrible lisp when speaking. I was so embarrassed about ...

2 November 2017

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Emily Suvada

I studied math and astrophysics at college, and have always been passionate about science. Viewing the world through a scientific lens adds a beautiful dimension to the world. Every natural ...

2 November 2017

A typical Christmas at my house by Elaine Everest

With my birthday on Christmas Eve – I was born at twenty minutes to midnight – I feel as though I wait all year for a celebration and then two ...

2 November 2017

Exclusive Extract From Little Miss Shy Goes Online Dating

Little Miss Contrary couldn’t wait to offer her advice. She’d been on all sorts of dates. Speed dates with Mr Rush, cheap dates with Mr Mean, expensive dates with Mr ...

2 November 2017

A Day In The Life Of Me By Gill Paul

When I’m in the middle of a new novel, my sleep pattern is appalling. I can’t seem to switch off my brain, so at 4am I’ll be lying awake working ...

2 November 2017

10 More Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Sue Moorcroft

After sharing ten things with us last year- Sue Moorcroft has kindly decided to tell us a little bit more about herself to mark the release of her new book ...

Harper Collins

1 November 2017

10 Terrifyingly Funny Horror/Comedy Stories

Horror/comedy is a weird little sub-genre when it comes to literature. For starters, it’s hard to define what qualifies a book as horror/comedy. Does it have to be scary? Does ...

1 November 2017

10 Steps To Fire Up Your Career By Zena Everett

Zena Everett is a London-based motivational speaker, executive coach specialising in career confidence, work goals productivity and performance issues. Her book – Mind Flip - is a must-read career manual ...

31 October 2017

10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Faith Martin

In a way, I’m sort of a product of World War Two! My mother is a Birmingham lass, born and bred, but when she was 18, just after the end ...

31 October 2017

10 Things I’d Like My Readers To Know About Me By Nicole Blades

I speak French. I’m a proud Canadian, born and raised in Montreal, so I learned to speak French as my second language. But I must admit, it’s rather rusty these ...

31 October 2017

How To Write Despite The Internet By Christopher Farnsworth

There was a time when I dreamed of having unlimited time to write. When I wouldn’t have to deal with the distractions of regular deadlines as a reporter, or even ...

30 October 2017

10 Little Known Yet Important Facts About Must See Musicals

Musical films have occupied a bright and often brassy part of the cinema equation for nine decades. To celebrate the publication of Must-See Musicals, author Richard Barrios has gone beyond ...

30 October 2017

My Top Reads For Black History Month By Lola Jaye

This book will always occupy a special slot in my bookshelf - and my heart - as it allowed me to fully devour and appreciate the wonderful writings of the ...

30 October 2017

10 Things You Never Knew About Prepper Fiction By P.A. Glaspy

Prepper fiction is almost non-fiction. Most prepper fiction (zombies aside) is based on events that could happen. Because of this, prepper fiction authors take a lot of heat for some of ...

30 October 2017

How To Treat Yourself While Still Losing Weight

Eating in moderation and enjoying a little of what you like mitigates the inevitable binges that come from denying yourself the foods you love. So follow the Artful Eating ‘how ...

30 October 2017

10 Things You Should Know About Writing A Historical Romance By Louise Roberts

Although I have been asked to provide only ten things about writing a Historical Romance, in truth, there are a lot more topics one could draw on to make the ...

30 October 2017

8 Things I Love About Christmas

Writing a Christmas book every year means a large part of my year is immersed in Christmas, so I really have to love it to spend so much time wrapped ...

27 October 2017

Misdefending The Realm By Antony Percy

Author of Misdefending the Realm Ever since the Nazi threat emerged in the early 1930s, Winston Churchill had believed that the Soviet Union would have to join the Allies for ...