Books

16 September 2020

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Stella Oni

My love of food stemmed from a childhood spent with my grandmother in Nigeria. She liked to visit her favourite half-sister in the heart of Lagos and dragged my brother ...

Chadwick Boseman

15 September 2020

Good Lord: Uncovering the Secret Link Between Jesus, India and the World’s Religions

From the grim familiarity of racially fuelled violence to widespread government corruption and worsening diplomatic relations, the world is in a state of devastating upheaval, social discord and unprecedented suffering. ...

15 September 2020

Writing pieces of me by Marieke Nijkamp

The first time I read a book with an autistic protagonist, I was in my late teens, maybe early twenties. By that point, I’d already read thousands of books, and ...

15 September 2020

How to succeed at anything by Christopher Paolini

On publication of his debut adult novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Eragon author talks to exclusively to Female First about achieving his goals. Trust the process. That’s ...

15 September 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Ashley Bugge

“Hey Hudson! Come downstairs, I made you a cupcake!” My blonde-haired, blue-eyed daughter, Isabel, calls up the stairs to her little brother. Four-year-old Hudson has been busy all morning in ...

15 September 2020

Talking to my son about PTSD by Scott Furlong

Firstly, I must preface this with the fact I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist or health professional in any way. I am a husband, father, brother, son and uncle who ...

15 September 2020

Release tension with these three breathing techniques

Adapted from Purposeful Breathing (Exisle Publishing) By Dr. Greg Smith Whenever I feel tension, I focus on breathing. Here, we will explore three easy breathing techniques that draw on both ...

14 September 2020

The importance of good food by Denise Kelly

When it comes to our health, it’s all about the choices we make. Ultimately, we all make decisions about what we eat and drink every single day, and trust me ...

14 September 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Sahar Mustafah

Last spring, I’d welcomed the prospect of extra days and hours to work on my current novel. I could balance a swiftly assembled virtual teaching schedule and have more than ...

14 September 2020

Health and wellbeing: Challenges for today

By Dr Helena Boschi, author of Why We Do What We Do The last five months, in the wake of Covid-19, have not been easy for a number of reasons: ...

14 September 2020

Lessons for writing historical fiction by Maggie Brookes

I never expected to write a big historical novel. I never had any urge to write about the Second World War either, but one day I was in the lift ...

14 September 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Clyve Rose

Learning and re-learning is the theme of my lockdown. Perhaps ‘remembering’ is a better word. Like finding lost moments I used to have in my life, it’s been a process ...

14 September 2020

10 Little-known facts I learned while writing a murder mystery by Verity Bright

A Witness to Murder. published by Bookouture, is the third book in my historical murder mystery series. The heroine, and reluctant sleuth, Lady Eleanor Swift has been brought up abroad ...

14 September 2020

Launching a novel in the time of Covid by Molly Gartland

Way back in January, my family and I raised a glass to 2020, a year that was meant to be truly outstanding. In 2020, my debut novel The Girl from ...

13 September 2020

Seven tips to get your teens to go sugar free

Author of Could It Be Insulin Resistance? (Hammersmith Books) Education is one of the most important things if you want to bring about a lifestyle change, as cutting out sugar ...

12 September 2020

Launching a book post lockdown by Alex Churchill

The Temple area of London, where generations of barristers have lived and worked, has survived the Plague, the Great Fire of London and the Blitz. But I doubt it had ...

11 September 2020

Drip feed your self esteem with mini boosts

Most people don’t realise that self-esteem is knocked back more by everyday events than by the big setbacks in life. For example, we can get used to being herded like ...

11 September 2020

Female First reviews...Audible

Audible is advertised on pretty much every YouTube video I click on these days, so I figured it was about time I tried it out along with my colleagues here ...

10 September 2020

How I spent my lockdown by Adalyn Grace

I was asked by Female First to share what I’ve been doing during the pandemic. Here are the main ways I’ve been spending my time: 1 – I’ve been hunting ...

10 September 2020

My experience of travelling world to find 'thrivers' by Emma J Bell

Tears dropped onto my phone as his email message blurred before my eyes. John was dying. That’s what he’d written to tell me. He had end-stage kidney disease and he ...

10 September 2020

Seven ways to be hopeful in a pandemic by Bernadette Russell

In the midst of all this seemingly endless bad news, with gloomy economic forecasts, a climate emergency not to mention a global pandemic- how do we save ourselves from falling ...

8 September 2020

How not to kill your partner during lockdown by Sharon Doering

You thought being stuck together might be a cutesy rom-com. Turns out, it’s a horror story. Deadly glares. Screaming. A shocking crime scene. Well, not really, but the kitchen looks ...

4 September 2020

Seven quick wins to keep well and beat Covid by Jim Pollard

Quit for Covid - there’s never a bad time to stop smoking and quitting now has a double benefit. Smoking is a Covid-19 risk in itself because of the lung ...

4 September 2020

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Elizabeth Neep

1. I don’t know whether I’m doing it right either. My new book, Never Say No tells Hailey’ story of finding her feet in her late twenties, letting go of ...