Tanith Davenport – Hyperventilating

...I managed to finish this more quickly than I usually do – it took me about six months. I usually edit as I go, as I’m always thinking of additional...

Emma Bennet – Falling In Love At Nightingale Farm

...a chapter or two from a writing craft book daily. Who were your favourite childhood authors? I absolutely adored Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books (and still do actually) and...

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers Blog #1.

...Freddie Mercury, maybe ‘It’s a Kind of Magic’. He probably wasn’t thinking of writing a book when Queen guitarist Roger Taylor wrote those lyrics for the film Highlander but there’s...

Honno, Independent Women’s Press By Judith Barrow

...a few questions about Honno: Do you think a women only publishing house is still needed in today’s climate? Always needed, sadly, though things are getting better in some ways....

Clare Coombes – Finalist In The Agent Of The Year Category

...agency in 2020 to help address inequality and underrepresentation in the publishing industry. With more than 15 years’ experience of writing and editing professionally, including the publication of two novels,...

Ask An Industry Expert: Liz Gardner

...what you might not wish or be permitted to stock? Every library does things slightly differently. Libraries need to be ‘user-friendly’ and that means shelving stock where borrowers will find...

Fantasy Romantic Novel Award Category

...then she has worked in the publishing, tour operating and property industries, and has travelled widely. Originally hailing from the South East, today Kate lives in Cornwall (where she predominantly...

Industry Awards Shortlist Announced

...in supporting the romantic fiction genre and the Association in particular. And here are the shortlisted nominees: Librarian of the Year For a librarian who embraces the genre and proactively...

Adrienne Chinn – Love In A Time Of War

...1922 and never saw her English family again. I thought all of their stories were worthy of exploring, as they really show how women’s lives were so greatly affected by...

Tracy Baines: Debut Novel – The Variety Girls

...I’ve usually worked out the spine of the book before I start writing. I find a synopsis really helps me to work out what that spine is. I may deviate...

New Releases: November 2022

...to Sunshine Island Contemporary Romance Boldwood Books Audio, Hardcover, Paperback 17 November 2022 Popstar Matteo Stanford escapes to the sunshine island to secretly film his latest music video. Within moments...

Nicola Cornick: Escape To An Intriguing Past

...to start off! I love it. Well, firstly I think that the enduring appeal of romantic fiction derives from a number of different causes. Firstly there is the fact that...