Books

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 ...
28 April 2020

How to get to the seaside during lockdown

Author of Seaside100 Kathryn Ferry tells us how to get the best outof the seaside in these difficult circumstances. Sadly, the fact is that if you don’t already live by the beach ...

23 April 2020

We Need Escapist Fiction

Why do we need escapist fiction now more than ever before? Because despite being bombarded by government rules and regulations, quarantine and lock-downs, (be it all for our own benefit,) ...
21 April 2020

Five ways music can help in difficult times

We are all struggling at the moment. Struggling to get our head around the enormity of the current situation, struggling to find the essentials to feed our families, struggling to ...

20 April 2020

How To Marry Your Husband -Jacqueline Rohen

How the book came about. My fiancé and I moved to Uganda full-time in June 2017 to expand our chimpanzee conservation project. The Bulindi Chimpanzee & Community Project was founded to ...

16 April 2020

Why we should all write a love letter, at least once in our lives by Olivia Beirne

How often do you receive a letter? Not a generated one offering you an eye test, or scalding you for creeping back into your overdraft, but a real one from ...

16 April 2020

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

I published my first novel when I was fifty-nine, and my message to anyone who would love to write but thinks “it’s too late for me” would be “think again”, ...

16 April 2020

Five books that make me cry by Anna McPartlin

-  1. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Basically a child is conceived to save her dying sister. An incredible story, beautifully told and I cried throughout.  2. Tell The Wolves I’m ...

15 April 2020

8 Things I did to research my characters’ for BECOMING MRS. LEWIS - Patti Callahan

Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis’s improbable love story is told in Joy’s voice in my novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis. Very early on during the writing of her fascinating and ...
14 April 2020

Seven ways to stay optimistic by Dani DiPirro

Some are born with that innate ability to seek out the good in every situation and do their best to make the most of it. For the rest (most) of ...

12 April 2020

Author Louise Poynton honours David Cassidy with new book Cherish: A Legacy of Love

David Cassidy climbed into the hearts of millions of teenagers because he represented something made of pure beauty. David has always been a huge part of my life. I have ...

9 April 2020

How to communicate effectively during Coronavirus

Having a meaningful conversation can be challenging at the best of times. When we want to speak about something that really matters – whether with a family member, colleague or ...

8 April 2020

In conversation with Louise Pentland

Very emotional! I’ve been with these characters since 2015, so this really feels like the end of an era. I know in my head what happens to them all next ...

7 April 2020

10 stunning images from the new book Bond: Photographed by Terry O'Neill

Bond: Photography by Terry O'Neill by ACC Art Books invites readers to the dazzling world of James Bond. The new book features iconic portraits and contact sheets from Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and ...