Celebrity Interviews

Susannah Dickey, Common Decency
21 July 2022

What common decency means to me by author Susannah Dickey
The concept of ‘common decency’ might seem fairly self-explanatory, regardless of your way of thinking about or viewing the world. It might translate to holding the door open for the ...

Nicole Kennedy, After Paris
21 July 2022

Nicole Kennedy, author of After Paris shares seven things she'd like her readers to know about her
1. I never thought I would be able to finish a novel. I had tried a few times, and spent a lifetime scribbling little notes or phrases down in notebooks ...

Alice Hunter, The Serial Killer's Daughter
21 July 2022

Alice Hunter, author of The Serial Killer's Daughter shares seven things about her
1. I dropped out of college before completing my A-Levels. I had a terrible tendency to start things but fail to finish them. Later in life I studied with the ...

Suzanne Fortin, Beyond a Broken Sky
21 July 2022

An open letter to Author Helen Dore Boylston by Suzanne Fortin
Dear Helen Dore Boylston I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the Sue Barton books when I was younger. I was introduced to the series by my ...

Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, A Nurse's War
21 July 2022

Seven things you should know about being a nurse in the 1940s by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson
The wartime diary of Kathleen Johnstone, A Nurse’s War: A diary of hope and heartache on the home front (HarperNorth, 2022), which we edited, presents a vivid picture of one ...

Erica James
21 July 2022

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Erica James, author of Mothers and Daughters
I grew up on the south coast of England, a stone’s throw from the sea, and that is where I’ve set my latest novel Mothers and Daughters. With the beach ...

Sophie Green, Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
20 July 2022

Author Sophie Green discusses her new book Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
In early 1993, I went to my first yoga class. It was in a church hall on the north shore of Sydney, at the top of my very long street ...

Natasha Lester, The Riviera House
20 July 2022

How a visit to Paris made my story come to life by Natasha Lester
The Riviera House is about a group of people working to save precious artworks from the Nazis during WWII in Paris. It opens with the famous Louvre museum being emptied, ...

Abi Oliver, A Letter From my Tea Garden
20 July 2022

An open letter to Isabel Allende by Abi Oliver author of Letter From A Tea Garden
Dear Isabel, At the beginning of lockdown, a friend sent me a piece you had written on your feelings about the times facing us, and it spoke to me. I ...

Liv Arnold, Stepping Stone
18 July 2022

Liv Arnold, author of Stepping Stone writes an open letter to Meredith Wild
Dear Ms Wild, Or may I call you Meredith because you started following me on Instagram? I was so excited; I showed my phone screen to my friends. Since 2013, ...

The Phone Call
14 July 2022

A J Campbell, author of The Phone Call writes and open letter to Agatha Christie
Dear Dame Agatha, Queen of Crime, I recall so vividly the moment I first heard your name. It was in my final English lesson at primary school. I was chewing ...

Anna Friend, How Will It Be With Baby And Me?
14 July 2022

Anna Friend discusses her new book How Will It Be With Baby and Me?
When I was pregnant with my second child, I noticed that my eldest son Jack was asking questions about what would happen when the baby came along; Things like: ‘Where ...

Helen Faulkner, Kate Wogan
14 July 2022

Between the lines: what goes into creating a children’s book series
Children’s author Kate Wogan and illustrator Helen Faulkner have combined forces to create the Uh Oh Milo! series, a collection of picture books that help children learn about emotions and manners in ...

Lucinda Hart, The Broken Air
14 July 2022

Lucinda Hart, author of The Broken Air writes an open letter to John Harding
Dear John Harding, I was reluctant to take on the first of your books I read. My mother and I were in Waterstones looking for my birthday presents, and she ...

Kimberly Unger, The Extractionist
12 July 2022

Seven things I'd like my readers to know about me by Kimberly Unger, author of The Extractionist
The first thing you have to know is that I am comprised of 50% bullsh*t, 25% snappy patter, 10% coffee and an additional 15% pop culture. In fact, take everything ...

Sue Stockdale, Explore: A Life of Adventure
11 July 2022

An open letter to Enid Blyton, by Sue Stockdale, author of EXPLORE: A Life of Adventure
Dear Enid, First and foremost, I want to say thank you. Your Famous Five and Secret Seven books taught me that anyone can transform an ordinary day out with friends ...

Ewa Jozefkowicz, The Dragon in the Bookshop
11 July 2022

Why I'm supporting Grief Encounter through The Dragon in The Bookshop by Ewa Jozefkowicz
Sometimes there's a single day that sticks with you for decades after it's happened, and you live through it already knowing that things will never be quite the same again. ...

Paul Taffinder speaks to Female First
8 July 2022

The Dream Murderer Cycle: An Interview With Author Paul Taffinder
Psychologist Dr Paul Taffinder is already a bestselling, award-winning author in the business field, where he is respected as one of the UK’s leading experts on leadership. He is also ...

Ania Bas, Odd Hours
7 July 2022

Why libraries are a space of refuge for authors by Ania Bas
When I moved to the UK, I spent the first few years living in the West Midlands where I found a job in a small library on the outskirts of ...

Julia Dahl, The Missing Hours Chasi Annexy) and jacket (Credit - Jack Smyth, Cover image © Olivia Milani/Millennium Images, UK)
7 July 2022

Julia Dahl, author of The Missing Hours shares seven things she'd like her readers to know about her
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Natasha Devon, Toxic
7 July 2022

Natasha Devon discusses female friendships to celebrate her new book Toxic
It took the observation of an outsider for me to realise I was in a toxic friendship. I had just started dating my now husband and introduced him to someone ...

Phoebe Wynne (Josephine Cronk), The Ruins
7 July 2022

Certainty inside the creative process by Phoebe Wynne, author of The Ruins
It’s difficult enough being a woman trying to fit into the boxes society has set out for us, without suddenly deciding you want to be creative. Leap out of the ...

Ella McLeod (Saffron McLeod), Rapunzella
7 July 2022

Top tips for blending fairy tale and contemporary fiction by Ella McLeod, author of Rapunzella
First things first, before I dive into the nitty gritty of combining the genre we all love to hate with the modern world- which we also all love to hate- ...

Chelsea G Summers, A Certain Hunger
7 July 2022

Open letter to Angela Carter by Chelsea G Summers, author of A Certain Hunger
Dear Angela, Where to begin but with a story. More than a decade ago — before I got paid for my writing, before I started writing my novel, before I ...