The Secret Sister By Jan Baynham

...of COVID when most research had to be done online, for this book I was able to visit locations and see places and artefacts in real life. Hut 9 Island...

The Men Who Write Romance: John Jackson

...news) that only women read Romance and only women write it…..” Well, apparently about 30% of romance readers are male. I read little else, these days – basically because I...

New Writers’ Scheme

...romantic fiction Access to both regional and online RNA chapters Access to RNA Facebook groups, including a dedicated NWS group Free access to the RNA’s digital magazine, Romance Matters RNA...

Ask An Industry Expert: Julian Friedmann

...publishing company. I had been an editor in a bigger company and spent 80% of my time editing, which I loved; the other 20% was meetings about design, production and...

RNA Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Emma-claire Wilson – This Child Of Mine

...Emma-Claire travelled the world as the child of military parents. After almost 20 years in Spain, she returned to the UK with her husband, two daughters, and rescue dog, Pip....

Jennifer Bibby – The Cornish Hideaway

...a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ response so you can imagine how amazed I was when Sara-Jade Virtue asked to read the full novel! Then even more amazed that she loved...

Loving Libraries By Amanda Ward

...their time looking up information for me. Even suggesting the new books that had arrived. Naturally I borrowed them. Life continued and evolved. The library still had its familiar ‘c-thunk’...

Public appearances

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Aspiring writer

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Charlotte Ledger – Finalist In Publisher And/or Editor Of The Year

...Book Marketing Society’s Best Shoestring Campaign for her work on the first online romance festival. She was shortlisted for The Bookseller and SYP’s Trailblazer of the Year award and has...

Caroline Day – Hope Nicely’s Lessons For Life

...book with an agenda of any sort. In fact when I wrote the first page, I did not yet know that Hope had FASD, but I had this sense of...

The entry process

...PLEASE READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY. THE CONDITIONS AND RULES WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO. 1. The reader-judged Romantic Novel Awards are open to members and non-members of the RNA and...