New Releases: September

...the Santa Ahoy Special for a festive boat ride along the canal!         Tania Crosse: The Gunpowder Girl Saga Joffe Books E-book & paperback 16 September 2020...

Elisabeth Hobbes – How To Write A Convincing Castle

...something along the lines of one of the many castles we’re all familiar with. We knew our castle needed to be close to the sea on a spit of land...

Sarah Wendell: Smart Bitches Trashy Books

...genres contain both internal and external conflict, characters who evolve as real and thoughtful people who aren’t perfect, and an underlying optimism that reaches a happy ever after. Is there...

Meet The Contenders For The Goldsboro Books Contemporary Romantic Novel Award 2020

...Beginners come from? The inspiration for the book is a real life farm called Animal Antiks. They provide alternative, animal-based education for children and young adults with learning or behavioural...

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Plotter Or Pantser?

...off with that perennial question – plotter or pantser? As we all know, there is no right or wrong way, but here’s what our bestselling authors had to say on...

Hodder & Stoughton Announce The Takeaway Girl As Winner Of Love At First Line Writing Prize

...Read’, at the 2021 Cheltenham Literary Festival and hosted the 2021 ‘Headliners’ online festival which celebrates the hottest books for the summer. She also hosted the 2021 student radio ‘Amplify...

New Releases: September 2019

...knows Jane exists! Rose Wallace’s world revolves around all things Austen, and with the annual festival in Bath – and the arrival of dishy archaeologist, Dr Aiden Trevellyan – just...

Celebration For The Woolworth Girls By Elaine Everest: Author Interview

...meet and work. Apart from the continuing story of the regular characters I also follow the historical timeline for Woolworths and the area of Erith, in North-West Kent. Historical sagas...

Snow Days With You By Leonie Mack: Author Interview

...your book? What prompted you to tell this story? I love the Alps, so I always wanted to set a winter book somewhere in the mountains. I learned to ski...

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

...would you do? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Although not entirely autobiographical, This Child of Mine is inspired by Emma-Claire Wilson’s real-life experiences and tackles issues very close to her heart. Dealing with...

Caroline Day – Hope Nicely’s Lessons For Life

...real in my head, I realised that this would give meaning to her story. FASD is a lifelong neuro-developmental condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. It will impact different individuals...

Julie Ryan: How Much Research Do You Do?

...research. How much research will depend very much on what genre I’m writing in. Whilst nothing can beat first hand research, the question becomes a little trickier when it’s historical...