Books

8 July 2020

Why inclusivity shouldn’t be novel by Penny Batchelor

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 ...

7 July 2020

Author Like Mother Like Daughter Elle Croft Talks To Us

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 ...
29 June 2020

7 Books that might change your way of thinking

Looking for a new read? Rather than indulge in the latest chick-lit or fantasy novel, why not pick up something that might just change your way of thinking? We have ...

24 June 2020

Is there such a thing as Mr. Darcy's 'accomplished women' in 2020?

Jane Austen famously wrote Mr. Darcy’s checklist of an accomplished woman in her 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. In Darcy’s eyes, a woman must paint tables, cover screens, net purses, ...
23 June 2020

Literature and Music: Liar Author Lesley Pearse Reveals Her Ideal 'Liar' Soundtrack

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 ...

18 June 2020

7 things I’d like readers to know about me - Suzy K Quinn

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 ...

16 June 2020

Seven things I love about The Algarve by Kim Nash

Kim Nash is Head of Publicity for Bookouture, now an author in her own right, part of a book club, sets up book events and has her own book blog. ...

12 June 2020

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

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 ...

10 June 2020

How the coronavirus has affected my writing life - Molly Green

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 ...

10 June 2020

FIVE FEISTY FEMALE SLEUTHS - Sherryl Clark

While I have a few male detective favourites, my love of great female investigators goes back to my early years of reading crime fiction. I’ve always preferred Miss Marple to ...

9 June 2020

Midnight Twins Author Holly Race Reveals her Inspiration For Her Fantasy Trilogy

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 ...
29 May 2020

Seven things I did not know about writing J S Margot

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: ...
27 May 2020

Tamsin Calidas - Seven things My Readers Should Know About Me

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 ...

26 May 2020

10 Things I Want My Readers to Know About Me - MN Grenside

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 ...
23 May 2020

7 Life Lessons I learned Growing up in a Big Family - Lian Dolan

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 ...

22 May 2020

Life with five - Gillian Harvey

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 ...
21 May 2020

Saving The World, One Carrot At A Time - -Nancy Kress

Author of Sea Change Nancy Kress exclusively revealled to Female First her inspirations finding the cause, adding her character, and her heroine for her new book and how she is ...
14 May 2020

READY TO RISE – Author Jo Saxton On FEMALE LEADERSHIP

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 ...

14 May 2020

Nine things I didn’t know about writing a book—until I wrote one - Esther Amini

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 ...

12 May 2020

The Importance of forgiveness in life and death

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 ...

8 May 2020

Vikki Holstein: Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me

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 ...

6 May 2020

The Highs and Lows of Being an Author by S D Robertson

It’s not uncommon to hear authors say that they always wanted to write books. For many, including myself, it was a childhood dream job. It’s not the kind of employment ...

4 May 2020

7 Things I Learned About While Writing Goldilocks - Laura Lam

Author of just released book Goldilocks has given us her list of 7 good things that came about when she was writing the book. Goldilocks by Laura Lam (Wildfire, Hardback, ebook and ...

3 May 2020

5 Omens I’ve Had in my Own Life by Christine Lynn Herman

Author of The Deck of Omens Christine Herman talks to us about five omens that have influenced her life. Meeting my cat. They say the cat chooses their owner, but ...