Celebrity Interviews

Blood Moon: Rescuing the Rhino
4 May 2021

Why it's important to teach children about wildlife by Dereck Joubert
I first heard the roar of a lion when I was about six. It was the same day I first saw elephants. I was too young to spell 'fear', so ...

Picture Credit: Starzplay
4 May 2021

Exclusive: Julia Goldani Telles on The Girlfriend Experience and the lack of female equality
The third season of critically-acclaimed anthology series The Girlfriend Experience is officially underway, with British fans able to watch on streaming service Starzplay. To celebrate the release, we caught up ...

Super Neuro You
4 May 2021

Why you should get rid of toxic influences in your life and tips on how to do this…
By Claire Walton, Executive Leadership Coach and Founder of Leaders Are MAD - Making A Difference https://www.leadersaremad.co.uk and Best-Selling Author of ‘Super Neuro You’. As we come through the Covid-19 ...

Feeding the Gods
4 May 2021

Publishing a novel with your best friend by writing duo Elizabeth Harrison
Elizabeth Harrison is our pen name, we are Dee Harrison and Liz Buxton, and we met on our first day at school. Liz had her rabbit picture displayed on the ...

The Atomics
4 May 2021

Author Paul Maunder discusses the inspiration behind his debut novel The Atomics
When I started thinking about the kind of novel I wanted to write, my son was five years old and obsessed with superheroes. He also had a tendency to get ...

Churchyard Epiphany
4 May 2021

How a local churchyard inspired my new book by Leila White
As we head out into our gardens to enjoy the spring weather, author Leila White shares her love of herbalism and reveals how her new book charts the potent plants ...

Rattlesnake Road
4 May 2021

Why we needed romance novels in lockdown by Amanda McKinney, author of Rattlesnake Road
Courage, honor, courtesy, a willingness to help those in need. Does this remind you of someone? Your mother, your father? Husband, perhaps? Did you smile, thinking of that person? Likely ...

How To Grieve Like A Champ
30 April 2021

How to find new ways to celebrate a loved one’s life by Lianna Champ
THE MAGIC OF MEMORY When someone dies, it is traditional to have a funeral and a gathering afterwards. However we are seeing a huge shift away from the traditional mourning ...

The Achilles Gene
30 April 2021

N E Miller discusses his new book The Achilles Gene
My debut novels follow the adventures of two Oxford University geneticists, when they set off to investigate the work of an American colleague about to be given the Noble Prize, ...

Her First Mistake
30 April 2021

Seven things I’d like my readers to know about me by Carey Baldwin author of Her First Mistake
I invented a test called the Sex Rep that was published in the Journal of Personality. It’s not about what happens between the sheets, though. It’s a measure of gender ...

Founders, Freelancers and Rebels
29 April 2021

Seven secrets of real-life founders, freelancers and rebels to adopt into your routine
2020 saw a record year for new businesses with an estimated 85,000 new companies springing up. In my book Founders, Freelancers & Rebels: How to Thrive as a Creative Independent, ...

Finding My Right Mind
29 April 2021

How ten days of silence changed my life by Vanessa Potter, author of Finding My Right Mind
“Where’s your coat?” I demanded as my son and I headed to school one morning. When he shrugged I shouted at him. I regretted my outburst as soon as his ...

Jaipur Journals
29 April 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Namita Gokhale, author of Jaipur Journals
I’ve published twenty books by now. These include eleven works of fiction, two books for young readers, four anthologies with a fifth on its way, and so on. I can ...

From Spare Oom To War Drobe: Travels in Narnia with my nine-year-old self
29 April 2021

Family Life in the Narnia Stories by Katherine Langrish, author of From Spare Oom and War Drobe
Katherine Langrish, the award-winning author of children’s fantasy books, fell in love with the world of Narnia as a child. In her new memoir she explores how re-reading each of ...

A Taste of Home
29 April 2021

Read chapter one from Heidi Swain's new book A Taste of Home
The sun had long since set over the Italian horizon before the last of the mourners finally headed back to their homes, leaving behind a mountain of food and a ...

How to Wean Your Baby
29 April 2021

Why it's important not to wean your baby before they are ready by Charlotte Stirling-Reed
When it comes to weaning, many parents are often concerned about WHEN to offer their baby solid foods. Should it be 6 months on the dot? or 4 months? Or ...

Nurturing Your Family With Yoga
29 April 2021

Top tips for practising yoga with your family by Dr Kiki Morriss
I wrote Nurturing Your Family With Yoga to show you how family yoga can play a key role in bringing peace, happiness and harmony to your home. Parents often ask ...

Get Hired
29 April 2021

Top tips for nailing interviews and landing the job of your dreams by Karen Macphee
Business coach and recruitment expert Karen Macphee shares her tips for nailing interviews and landing the job of your dreams in the competitive Covid-era employment market. In March last year ...

The Book of Lost Names
29 April 2021

A day in the life of Kristin Harmel, author of The Book of Lost Names
It’s a Monday morning, and my internal alarm goes off right on schedule, a few minutes before 6 a.m. Before last March, my weekdays had a predictable order to them. ...

Ariadne
29 April 2021

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne
1. I wrote Ariadne as a New Year’s Resolution. I came up with the idea for the novel on holiday in France in the summer of 2018, but that September ...

Tin Can Cook
28 April 2021

Jack Monroe's top tips for easy entertaining at home
After almost a year of on-again, off-again, will-they-happen or won’t-they social engagements written into diaries and onto calendars with the most precarious of pencil strokes, I find myself bewilderingly thrust ...

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28 April 2021

Exclusive: Big Brother Canada’s Jedson on his relationship with Beth and Tychon's betrayal
Just when you thought this season of Big Brother Canada couldn’t get any more thrilling, we saw Jedson up on the block, win the Power of Veto and then use ...

The Gut Plan Diet
28 April 2021

How a happy gut can lead to a happy mind by Amanda Hamilton, author of The Gut Plan Diet
2020 served as a reminder to look after our health and think carefully about how what we put into our bodies can affect what we get out, physically and mentally. ...

When Sparks Fly
28 April 2021

Seven things I’d like my readers to know about me by Kristen Zimmer, author of When Sparks Fly
-  If you were flying easily and enjoying yourself then it could mean you are finally on top of something- a workload or situation that has been a burden on ...