Books

Alexa Chung is a British writer, model, fashion designer and renowned (as well as now self-professed) 'IT-girl'. The book's title alone shows that Alexa Chung recognises herself, and rightly so, ...

What is it like to build a successful international business for 25 years and then nearly lose it all within a month? That is what happened to Founder and MD ...

Four senior citizens getting together to solve a murder doesn’t seem like the racy thriller you’re after, but believe us, it really is. Richard Osman, comedian and writer, surpasses himself and ...

I’m a writer who finds it impossible to plot out the entire story before I begin, and I’ve found that the best way to work is to keep writing to ...

This year, when we’re missing spending time with our girls there’s never been a better time to celebrate ‘Galentine’s’. Author Anna Bell, suggests her top 5 ideas for livening up ...

I tell other people’s stories for a living. I mean, literally; I narrate audiobooks. I spend most of my days, reading books, first in my head and then out loud. ...

Wanting to write a romcom? One can, I would imagine, go to Google and up will come a pretty formulaic way to go about it. It’s funny (funny strange, not ...

I have always, always been a planner. It’s how I work, it’s how I write, it’s even how I relax. But it’s really hard to plan the year ahead when ...

I can’t write in one place. Some people have a favourite writing place, a study maybe or a quiet room somewhere at the back of the house. I have my ...

I’m a planner, I always have been. I like nothing better than filling in the squares on my wall calendar (so retro) with my plans for the year. And just ...

In my day job I am a science journalist. Journalism taught me to observe people and situations, research facts and question motives. And I can hit a deadline like no ...

2020 has been a strange year to say the least. As I write this, we are entering our third formal lockdown, shops and gyms are closed and people are being ...

For those who enjoy reading there are few moments in life as satisfying, and as saddening, as reaching the end of an outstanding book. At various stages in life, we ...

All I knew for certain that day was that the nanny was dead, lying with her eyes wide open on the floor of her room in the house. She’d been ...

My first novel attempt was all based on actual events in WW2 Ukraine. I info-dumped so much that the “novel” was about as much of a novel as a docu-drama ...

If there’s one book you’re going to read in 2021, make it Ruthless Women. Utterly addictive from its opening chapters, the technically fictional novel (which draws on author Melanie Blake’s ...

Everybody wants success and fulfilment, but even those who work hard can miss out and when they do succeed, will often put it down to luck. But success isn’t a ...

1. Plotter or Pantser? There are writers who just begin. No outline, just a voice and a sense of where the story is going. They’re lovingly referred to as pantsers, ...

Operation Bluebird by Harry Old is a gritty romantic thriller that will keep readers turning the pages until the shocking climax. By Timothy Arden  For those who love a crime novel ...

Operation Bluebird by Harry Old is a gritty romantic thriller that will keep readers turning the pages until the shocking climax. By Timothy Arden  For those who love a crime novel ...

-  Born and raised in South East London, Lorraine lived and worked in South Africa, on the Island of Gozo and in France before settling on the Costa del Sol ...

Life choices; they are tricky, aren’t they? The shooting of arrows into the dark that navigate us through life. They intrigue me. Particularly those of young women pulled to big ...

I was always drawn to strong female protagonists as a girl from Princess Leia to Mulan; I loved seeing these women speak their mind and stand up against seemingly impossible ...

1. I have severe dyscalculia. I cannot remember or retain numbers. I see them jumbled up or back to front. I don’t know my own phone number or car registration. I ...