The Romantic Novelists’ Association And Hodder & Stoughton Announce New Writing Prize With Bestselling Author Mike Gayle

...and Leah Davies, host of the Capital Xtra Book Club, Radio DJ and bookworm. Further information on the panel can be found below. Mike Gayle says, ‘I’m absolutely thrilled to...

Glenda Young: Murder At The Seaview Hotel

...book as I adore Scarborough, it’s my happy place, and I’ve always wanted to set a novel there. Reviewers say that the sense of place in the novel is so...

The Inaugural Edinburgh Women’s Fiction Festival 2023: October 6-7

...Edinburgh Writers’ Forum, a monthly event offering professional development for writers, since 2019. We three are passionate believers in the importance of commercial fiction (Alison is a published crime writer...

Kendra Smith – A Year Of Second Chances

...trusty laptop either set up camp in the local coffee shop or by the training pool. It has been exhausting this year with everything else I have had to fit...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #8

...finally get a book deal in 2015. Along the way, friends and family asked why I didn’t give up when my first novel got rejected a thousand times, when the...

Joan Hessayon Award 2019 – Meet The Contenders 2

...the scenery in my novel. I’m also a keen painter and have painted a lot of Highland landscapes & mountains. And how do you feel about your first publication and...

Meet The Contenders For The Sapere Books Popular Fiction Award 2020

...daughter, Ella, sings like an angel although she never performs, except for her children and in any family singalongs (whenever we all get together). I am difficult to remove from...

Meet The RNA Team – Clare Flynn

...story, it all fell into place. But to be honest, until then, I kept thinking I wouldn’t be able to write it and several times almost gave up. Speed was...

Liam Livings Considers Language And Diversity

...no different to using heterosexual and homosexual – terms people are likely to be more familiar with. Although no one is going to force people to use new words when...

Meet The RNA Team – Susan Leona Fisher

...mark’, if you like, in my romantic historical fiction is that I like to include the economic, political and social context of the day, so I always consult contemporary sources,...

Sophie Claire – A Forget-me-not Summer

...book I had published (it was originally called Her Forget-Me-Not Ex) and all the books I’ve written since have featured Provence. I love to set my stories there and find...

The Oath By Patricia M. Osborne

...her cheery lady’s maid, Tilly, who is the second narrator. The Oath takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster with its captivating story. Although heartbreaking, it is also uplifting, both...