Books

4 April 2019

The missing social media 'How-To Guide' our culture desperately needs

There’s nothing inherently wrong with social media. Social media, in many ways, is magic. It’s a lightning fast way of sharing content with both people we love and strangers alike—and ...

1 April 2019

10 things you might not know about me, by KK Pérez

To celebrate the release of her new book The Tesla Legacy, we asked author KK Pérez to tell us 10 things she'd like all readers to know about her, that ...

29 March 2019

Writing the series character, by author Jacqueline Winspear

I was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic in pouring rain. Ahead of me a driver leaned on his car horn in frustration. Red lights blurred into the distance, while my windshield ...

28 March 2019

A day in the life of author Zen Cho

I love reading "day in the life" pieces. It's amazing how many people in the world eat yoghurt for breakfast and train for marathons in their lunch hour. I'm fairly ...

27 March 2019

A new philosophy of travel, by a world-traveller

Is it safe for a woman to travel solo around the world? Absolutely, yes! There is nothing to fear. The world is safe. The world is friendly. Most people are ...

26 March 2019

10 things I want my readers to know about me, by D. B. Carter

To celebrate the release of his book The Cherries, author D. B. Carter has opened up for his readers, revealing the 10 things he'd like them all to know about ...

25 March 2019

Milly Johnson on motherhood and how it made her the writer she is today

Motherhood was never in my plans. I was an only child with no instinct to coo over the babies friends had – they looked far too much work for no ...

23 March 2019

A day in the life of author Ann Weisgarber

The temperature dropped. It began to snow during the night, and that made me happy. Snow and cold weather were why I came to America’s Capitol Reef National Park during ...

21 March 2019

Why I love Italy, by author Caroline Montague

The top of everybody’s list when asked about Italy has to be the cooking, but for me it is much more than the food, it is the actual ritual of ...

18 March 2019

A day in the life of travel writer Deborah Stone

More often than not I’ll wake up on a ship, but the first thing I do every morning is drink tea. It’s a basic human right. As a travel writer ...

13 March 2019

Tips to help you write fantasy, from author Melinda Salisbury

I think you can make anyone believe in anything – even magic – as long as you stick to two simple rules: 1) Give them an earth to sink their ...

12 March 2019

Watch out, watch out, there's an author about advises Morton Gray

I sit in the café sipping my cappuccino. A man joins the queue waiting to be served and I immediately notice his smart business suit, dreadlocks and bare sandaled feet. ...

9 March 2019

My favourite literary walks, by Nuala Ellwood

For as long as I can remember there have been two constants in my life: walking and reading. Setting out on a long, bracing walk or losing myself in the ...

9 March 2019

10 ways to give a winning presentation, by Charlie Corbett

Journalist, public speaker and author of The Art of Plain Speaking: how to write and speak in a way that will impress the people that matter, Charlie Corbett, here gives ...

7 March 2019

World Book Day 2019: Our favourite books and what we're reading right now

Today (March 7) marks World Book Day. Parents up and down the country have been sending their kids to school in costumes as their favourite heroes, villains and everything in between. ...

5 March 2019

11 tips for writing comedy, by Marie Phillips

To celebrate the recent release of her new book Oh, I Do Like To Be..., we asked author Marie Phillips to give us some of her top tips when it ...

28 February 2019

10 things author Wa'qaar A Mirza wants you to know about him

With the release of his new book Cries of a Dying Waterhole today (February 28), long-time business consultant Wa'qaar A Mirza tackles conflict and human rights issues. It's a socio-political ...
23 February 2019

On The Come Up review: Angie Thomas delivers a stellar second book after The Hate U Give's success

Angie Thomas had a huge job ahead of her following the success of her debut novel, The Hate U Give. The critically-acclaimed work was transformed into a major motion picture, and ...

21 February 2019

10 things I want my readers to know about me, by Liz Trenow

To celebrate the release of her new book The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane, we asked author Liz Trenow what she thought readers might like to know about her. Here's what ...

21 February 2019

Cathy Glass gives her 11 golden rules for living with teenagers

My new book, Finding Stevie, highlights some of the challenges young people face today. Being a teenager isn’t easy but it can be made easier by the adults responsible for ...

19 February 2019

How self-published author Nicola May beat the odds to become a #1 bestselling author

As a massive rugby fan, I’m no stranger to Twickenham Stadium. I was there for the Six Nations tournament, watching England trounce France. The home crowd was in uproar as ...

14 February 2019

10 things Lillian Li would like readers to know about her

Celebrating the release of her brand new book Number One Chinese Restaurant tomorrow (February 15), we asked author Lillian Li to open up about herself so that readers can get ...

11 February 2019

10 things authors Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder want readers to know about them

To celebrate the release of their new co-written book The Midnight Hour, we asked authors Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder to open up and reveal 10 things they'd like all ...

9 February 2019

A day in the life of bestselling psychological thriller author Teresa Driscoll

One of the reasons I loved being a journalist – and now love being an author – is that no two days are ever quite the same. So let me ...