books

  • I met the lovely, chatty Margaret at an author and blogger meet-up recently in Stoke. She talked to me about her book and I was keen to know a little bit more about it and about what inspires her to write. Q. Your book, Footsteps in the Past, was published last year. Can you tell

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  • I’d wanted to read The Handmaid’s Tale for some time. Friends raved about it and when the TV series came out, there was a lot of talk about it and the concept. But, as many of you bookworms out there will appreciate, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to read all the books

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  • I met the lovely Ann Biggins at the Indie Literary Festival in Bradford earlier this year. I was very interested to hear about Ann’s debut novel, especially so as it’s set in the 1970s, which was when I was growing up. Here she gives us more of an insight: Q. Your book is called Losing

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  • Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear The blurb says: A fractured marriage A silent family A secret worth killing for It only took me a few pages and I was hooked. Caz has a way of getting you to care for her main protagonist, police officer, Cat Kinsella, who is instantly likeable, but has plenty

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  • An Interview With David Evans

    David Evans is another author I met at Harrogate Crime Festival. He was a real gentleman and I’m thrilled that he’s agreed to be my author interviewee this week. Q. Your book, Tainted, was released earlier in the year. Can you tell us a little bit about it? A. The main plotline for Tainted was

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  • An Interview With Rachel Dove

    The very talented Rachel Dove is my author interviewee this week. I first got to know Rachel through The Writers Bureau many years ago and since then our paths have crossed through various writing means over the years. I finally met her at Harrogate Crime Festival this year, which was an absolute delight. Q. Your

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  • Please give a warm welcome to my interviewee this week, Tony Millington. I first met Tony at Deepings Literary Festival when he was taking part in their Read Dating event, as an author. It was great to meet him there and I also caught up with him at Harrogate Crime Festival last month. Q. Your

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  • An Interview With…

    This week’s author interview is with romance author, Julia Bell. I met Julia at the UK Indie Lit Fest a few week’s ago. If you enjoy romance with a twist, then read on… Q. You’ve written ten books so far. Can you tell us a little bit about your latest book? A. My eleventh book

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  • This week sees the start of a new slot on my blog – interviews with lots of lovely authors! My first interviewee is the delightful Diane Jeffrey who I recently met at Harrogate Crime Festival. I’m sure you’ll enjoy reading about her and her gripping psychological thrillers. Q. Your third book, The Guilty Mother, has

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  • Guest Writer Spot

    This week’s Guest Writer is the very talented Robbie Cheadle. As you’ll see from her biography, she’s a very versatile writer: Robbie, short for Roberta, is an author with six published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children aged 2 to 9 years old (co-authored with her son, Michael Cheadle), one

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