“The truth changes everything. There’s such an awful intimacy to it, a banality even. Perhaps this is why the one time I actually, publicly, tell the truth, and not just to this room of forty or so people, but to the hundreds and thousands beyond it, I am accused by…
I cannot even begin to imagine how people who are terrorised and abused in their own countries must feel when, after escaping this trauma, they are exposed to more hatred when they have fought so hard for a new beginning. This is why books like ‘No Land to Light On’…
2021 may not have started the way we wanted. We may be in the midst of another lockdown with the pandemic still raging across the world, but to ease the pain for book lovers everywhere, Netflix has us covered. I don’t know about you, but there have been times in…
“I almost can’t remember how it felt before we all started carrying the Q numbers around with us, like an extra and unnatural print on the tips of our fingers, a badge of honour for some, a mark of shame for others.” These Q numbers now run lives. It dictates…
February sees no less than 200 books being published some of which are highly publicised while others very few have heard of. This month alone Stacey Halls’ second book, The Foundling is published alongside The Sister’s Grimm by Menna van Praag, Saving Missy by Beth Morrey and Djinn Patrol on…
At 19 we all argue with our parents thinking we know better so it is of little surprise that the young Robinson Crusoe back in 1651 ignored the well-meaning advice of his father, and joined a ship heading from Hull to London. During this voyage, however, fate struck a nasty…
As an author, it must be really difficult to decide when it is the right time to publish your up-and-coming best-selling novel. Is the best time during the holiday season for example? Interestingly, some believe that if you are a well-known author that has already sold millions of copies of…
If like me, you have that annoying habit of wanting to read a book before watching the film, then you better get reading. It seems that 2018 is going to be a great year for the book-to-film industry with no less than 27 new releases coming out that first started…
With each new year comes a flourish of new books and authors vying for one of those coveted positions on a best-sellers list – whether that be the New York Times, Amazon, Goodreads or any other number of tables readers now go to when selecting their next big read. 2018…
With April comes the promise of Easter eggs and April showers. It is the month of April fool’s, cuckoos and newly sprouted buds after the harsher wintry period. With the clocks going forward and the evenings turning lighter many will be venturing outside to tend to their gardens and relax…