Celebrity Interviews

24 March 2020

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

I’m not one to write in coffee shops, around other people or even with music in the background. I need silence and solitude. Years ago, a friend built me a ...

23 March 2020

How the real life trauma of my childhood inspired my writing by John Biddle

At the age of forty-two, I came to the realisation that I had spent most of my life in the sights of a passive-aggressive, covert narcissist. A therapist called Jane had ...

23 March 2020

Jules Hayes: 10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me

-  Before my 13th birthday, and in my first year at secondary school, I ran the 100 metres in 11.7 seconds. Once only, though. I never managed that time again, ...

22 March 2020

How to make the most of being a working mum

Working mums are often consumed with the pervasive underlying concern of whether they are making the right choices or not. Much of the stress is because there aren’t enough hours ...

19 March 2020

The inspirational women in my life by Claudia Carroll

Firstly, thank you to Female First for having me on here – I’m a longtime admirer of your blog and it’s always so inspirational and uplifting. So please keep up ...

19 March 2020

Eight things I'd like my readers to know about me by Amy K. Green

1. I rarely write at home. I wish I could because I would save a lot of money on coffee and bagels. I need to figure out how to be ...

19 March 2020

What makes me laugh by Rebecca Elliot

With the whole world going through some, well, stuff right now, is it the wrong time to be joking around or is that precisely what we need? Is laughter ever ...

19 March 2020

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

-  You Never Told Me (Black Swan, £8.99) ...

19 March 2020

The preservation of elephants by Dougie Arnold

-  I can still vividly remember the morning I fell in love with elephants. The sun had just risen above the distant hills and as it lit up the valley ...

19 March 2020

Ten things to remember about motherhood by Katherine May

-  Having children is your choice. Not having children is a perfectly valid decision. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise: not your family, not your friends, and certainly not complete ...

19 March 2020

Read an exclusive extract from The Adventures of the Yorkshire Shepherdess by Amanda Owen

When gathering the sheep from the moors I have often looked down onto Ravenseat, sitting as it does in its little hollow, and been ‘tekken’ with the aura of contentment ...

18 March 2020

Glenda Young: Five things I want my readers to know about me – and five things I don’t!

Glenda Young’s latest gritty saga set in 1919 – Pearl of Pit Lane – is out now in paperback. It’s about a poverty-stricken young girl who tries to escape from ...

17 March 2020

Why it's important to teach children to cook from a young age

Cooking for yourself is a life skill, but is it something that your child should learn from a young age? The resounding answer is YES because it is not just ...
16 March 2020

The importance of girlhood

We Are the Hood, www.wearethehood.com, is a new, all female-founded British brand on a mission to ‘redesign the world with women in mind’. Founded by two passionate women, Maria Purcell ...

13 March 2020

Exclusive: Ray Quinn discusses his upcoming album, recent engagement and life in the public eye

A little earlier this year, Ray Quinn announced he would be returning to the music industry with a brand new collection of music, marking his first album release in 13 ...
9 March 2020

Poet Vicky Foster, inspires women by sharing her experiences through poetry

By Emily Horner @EmilyAMHorner International Woman's Day was Sunday March 8, 2020- which has been celebrated annually on this date since 1911. Leeds Literature Festival celebrated the day on their third ...

8 March 2020

Paul A Mendelson shares how humour helped him to write his new book The Funnies

I'm an author who prefers to write in cafés. It's less lonely and the coffee is better. One morning not long ago, I was sitting in my local coffee-shop, when ...

5 March 2020

Seven ways to feel good in difficult times by Gael Lindenfield

None of us knows what life has in store for us or our loved ones and in the midst of great stress or grief, our guards can drop even further, ...

5 March 2020

A day in the life of author Milly Johnson

For most part an author’s job is about sitting at the desk and just getting the words written down. It’s a solitary profession and I think being an only child ...

3 March 2020

Five Things in My Writers’ Bag by KM Szpara

I deeply hate carrying things (see: I refused to wear my winter coat even though it’s winter in Chicago, because I didn’t want to carry it), so my backpack is ...

3 March 2020

Three reasons to encourage your child to read about autism

There are millions of reasons I could tell you why it is important to teach your child to read about autism. Nobody can even estimate how many autistic people there ...

2 March 2020

Maisie Williams discusses the Game of Thrones aftermath and her new show Two Weeks To Live

By Kevin Palmer, @RealKevinPalmer  Maisie Williams admits she suffered from withdrawal symptoms as she walked off the Belfast set of Game of Thrones for the last time, but now she is ...
2 March 2020

10 Things I'd like my readers to know about me by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith

I wrote my book out loud in a shed. It’s a great place to write. If you’re stuck, just pump up the music and dance. Bruno Mars or Tina Turner. ...

27 February 2020

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

I grew up in and around Brixton during the eighties and nineties, and I have very fond memories of my childhood. During this time there was a real sense of ...