Sunny Sundays at Primrose Hall

Primrose Hall is more than Jackson Moody and his fiancée Pia’s home – it’s the heart of the community. The Sunday craft fairs in the renovated stables are a popular...

Never On Saturday By Sue BaRNArd

...fascinating character, and I’ve often wondered why, in the play, he behaves as he does. By giving him what I hope is an interesting and thought-provoking backstory, I’ve tried to...

A Single Act of Kindness

...act? She is sure she knows how to kick-start Milo into turning his life around. What Tilda doesn’t know is that – with this single act of kindness – it...

Deborah Carr- An Island At War

...island of Jersey, where I live, during the Jersey Occupation when the island, and the rest of the Channel Islands were invaded by the Nazi forces in the summer of...

Judy Leigh – The Old Girls’ Network

...unusual character. I wish I’d written Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments, because it is so funny, and Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other because it is such a triumph of style. I...

Vicky Walklate – Sacrifice

...book I read! I get to the end and think, “oh my goodness that was amazing, I wish I had thought of it!” Many of the books I enjoy nowadays...

Flirting With Romance Or Serious Relationship? – Alison Morton

...seems irreconcilable with romance where the internal world of feelings is often more important. But this conflict is a gift for a writer. Both have similarities in the framework and...

The Secret Daughter of Venice

England, 1941. When Kate Arden discovers a secret stash of drawings hidden in the pages of an old volume of poetry given to her as a baby, her breath catches....

Ruth Frances Long: Writing Fantasy

...isn’t true. I was born to be a pawn in the great game of royal houses, married to someone – anyone – my family deems suitable. If I’m lucky, he’ll...

Dark Shadows Over Coronation Close

The Pilot’s Story

...hand and Alex’s spitfire is shot down. Alex expects to either drown in the water beneath him or be incarcerated in a German prisoner of war camp. Instead, he becomes...

Invitation to Italy

...Italian island of Procida. Persuaded by her best friend to book a holiday at the island’s Hotel Paradiso, Abi finally meets the woman she’s been avoiding for so long. Will...