Nicola Cornick: Escape To An Intriguing Past

...and Plunkett and Macleane as well. I don’t actually have a historical costume of my own but we have a costume rail at Ashdown where visitors to the house can...

Ask An Industry Expert: Lisa Firth

...Her design website: www.fullybookeddesign.co.uk Her author websites: www.maryjaynebaker.co.uk and www.lisaswiftauthor.co.uk, or search for Mary Jayne Baker on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Lisa was talking with Susan Leona Fisher (www.SLFisherAuthor.co.uk)...

June 2018: Competition Monthly

...and enter the free competition when you return. Apart from these two nonfiction comps, there’s a nice selection of contests for short stories, novels and flash fiction this month. There’s...

New Releases: July 2020

...the past have the power to change her life forever?               Philippa Carey: The Wrong Miss Thompson Regency Romance Idyllic Books UK Paperback &...

April 2019: Competition Monthly

...on CB online course. Closing date: 1 August 2019 Entry: Free Details *   Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’...

September 2018: Competition Monthly

...in the UK or Republic of Ireland between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2018. Prize: £1,000 Closing date: 15 November 2018 Entry: Free Details   1,000 Word Challenge Theme:...

Ask An Industry Expert: Eleanor Leese

...flexibility of the freelance lifestyle—that was 2010 and I’ve been freelance ever since. In 2014 I started working with Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, offering feedback and mentoring to their clients, as...

New Publications: March 2019

...father’s deathbed to abduct the lord’s daughter and return her to England, pregnant with a Scottish bastard. On learning that she’s travelling to Scotland he orders her abduction. But when...

Ask An Industry Expert: Sara-Jade Virtue

...and they’re awesome. Do you think it essential that an author should have a brand and use social media channels If I’m being honest, the word ‘brand’ can be a...

Ask An Industry Expert: Sara-jade Virtue

Today I’m delighted to welcome Sara-Jade Virtue, brand development director for fiction at Simon & Schuster UK Hello and welcome, Sara-Jade. Could I start by asking about your fairly new...

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Honno, Independent Women’s Press By Judith Barrow

For Romance Reading Month Judith Barrow joins us on the blog to talk about her publishers, Honno, the longest-standing independent women’s press in the UK. “Great Women, Great Writing, Great...