Celebrity Interviews

15 February 2017

How The Rain Forest Inspired My Writing By Terry McManus

For any lover of wildlife, or in my case particularly big cats, given half the chance who wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to go exploring jungles, swamps, rain forests and ...

15 February 2017

Butterfly Kisses: Rosie Day exclusive interview

Rosie Day is the star of new black and white movie Butterfly Kisses, which delves deep into the controversial and political subject of paedophilia. Turning the traditional coming of age ...

15 February 2017

Top 10 Things Hotels Could Do To Improve Guest Experience

There are plenty of ways hotels can improve guest experience, without a complete hotel refurbishment. Daniel Tabbush, author of hotelier guide 1500 Hotel Nights details the top 10 things that ...

14 February 2017

David R. Ewens Talks About The Frank Sterling Quartet

I’ve always liked detective thrillers and the opportunity came up to have a go at writing them myself. I like pace and quirkiness, so I am keen to write in ...

14 February 2017

10 Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By Rosanna Ley

The Little Theatre by the Sea by Rosanna Ley is out on 9th March (Quercus, £20.99) Discover Rosanna’s other bestselling novels at http://www.rosannaley.com/ ...

14 February 2017

How To Be Kind To Yourself By Anna Pinkerton

We often think and are told that random acts of kindness are for others only.  BUT, what would life be like if we adopted this for ourselves too?  Our subconscious ...

14 February 2017

The Killer’s Lament – A Sci-Fi/Romance Writer’s Deadly Intent

As I write this, I am faced with the unthinkable: I have to kill someone. I don’t want to do it, but my hand has been forced. Someone must die, ...

14 February 2017

10 Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By Sheryl Browne

Sheryl Browne brings you edgy, sexy contemporary fiction and psychological thrillers. A member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Romantic Novelists’ Association and awarded a Red Ribbon by The Wishing Shelf ...

10 February 2017

The Founder: Laura Dern exclusive interview

In The Founder, Laura Dern stars as Ethel Kroc, the wife of Ray Kroc – a traveling salesman from Illinois who transformed a successful restaurant run by brothers Mac and ...

10 February 2017

The Inspiration For My New Novel Precarious Fortunes by Ian Townsend

Angela Burdett Coutts was described by King Edward VII as ‘the most remarkable woman in the kingdom’, summing up the feelings of the entire country at her funeral in January ...

10 February 2017

I Dedicate This Book to Myself By Carol Lynne

I’ve never been good at book dedications. I’m not sure what it is about them, but I find them incredibly intimidating. How do you thank hundreds, sometimes thousands of people ...

10 February 2017

Exclusive Interview With Ruth Hartley On The Shaping Of Water

The Shaping of Water is unique.   It is a story that has never been told but that needs to be heard. It is set in a little known part of the ...

10 February 2017

Ruth Hartley Talks About Her Inspiration Behind Her New Novel The Tin Heart Gold Mine

There are so many threads woven into The Tin Heart Gold Mine, most from my own life. My novel is set in the very recent past, but one thread began ...

9 February 2017

Why I Chose To Educate My Children At Home By Robert Launter

We live nine miles from the nearest secondary school. That's an eighteen mile daily round trip with no buses or trains. That's ninety-five miles a week. This is just one ...

9 February 2017

10 African Wedding Traditions You Never Knew About By L.A.Osakwe

There are many traditions that govern weddings in Africa.  In Africa weddings are social because they involve the combining of two families; not only two families but two communities as ...

9 February 2017

10 Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By Elizabeth Fremantle

I was the product of his second marriage in his sixties to my mother, who was almost thirty years his junior. She was younger than her step-son (my half-brother) which ...

9 February 2017

10 Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By S.D.Robertson

I find I’m usually most creative in the mornings, so that’s when I always aim to start writing. I try to avoid the distraction of emails, social media and so ...

9 February 2017

Ten Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By Michelle Birkby

I love history. Especially women’s history. I love finding out all those stories behind all those facts we were taught at school. History can be unbelievably exciting, and then there ...

9 February 2017

Brazil Seen Through The Eyes Of An Expat By Joe Thomas

São Paulo – what a city: rich in culture, dripping with cash, undermined by political corruption, marked by a rich/poor disparity which fuels desperation and a life-is-cheap criminal ethos. The ...
9 February 2017

10 Things I Want My Readers To Know About Me By Sam Taylor-Pye

About the author: Sam Taylor-Pye grew up on the border between Washington state and British Columbia, Canada and currently lives in Ashford, Kent in the UK. She received her BA from ...

8 February 2017

How George Orwell Being A Police Officer Inspired Me To Write The Jasmine Sari

I was sitting by the pool of The Foreigners’ Club in Jakarta reading a novel.  The waiter, an elderly man dressed in black trousers and white shirt, arrived silently at ...

8 February 2017

Get To Know Author Cheyenne McCray

The “Deadly Intent” series is set in and around my hometown of Bisbee, Arizona, which just happens to be the #1 Best Historic Small Town on the USA Today’s 10 ...

8 February 2017

Five Myths About Anorexia And What You Need To Know To Break Them

Author and journalist Carol Lee spent many years helping her god-daughter, Emma, in her battle with anorexia and bulimia. Myth: The person suffering from it is fragile and needs treating ...

7 February 2017

Bad Wave exclusive interview

For those who may be new to your music, how best would you describe your sound? Tucker: Just a couple of guys trying to do weird shit without anybody noticing ...