New Releases: August 2020

...How is Fitzwilliam Darcy to keep himself under such strict regulation when he is constantly in the duchess’ company? How does one prevent their own undoing?       L.L....

The Artist’s Wife

...she and Edmund are working on, pausing only to joyfully cradle the soft swell of her stomach. But the looming war threatens her hard-won happiness. A knock at the door...

Ann Evans: Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...your book is like wading through treacle, it might be because you don’t really know where it’s going. Writing a synopsis will also help you understand what the theme of...

Claire Wade: “once I Start Writing I Forget Everything Else Exists”

Claire Wade’s debut The Choice, winner of The Good Housekeeping Novel Competition, is published on 26th December. Claire popped round to talk about NaNoWriMo, dystopias, writing competitions and the “what...

Vicki Beeby – The Ops Room Girls

...exciting part of the day for me was a guided tour around the actual underground bunker used by 11 Group’s Operations Room. It was set up exactly as it was...

Liam Livings On Gender And Sexuality

...why I might want to pick up some of the condoms in the bowl. This sort of education can actually save lives. Is it really so hard to understand that...

Liam Livings On Old Traumas Returning

...and I fell to the ground. “Is that a 360?” one of them asked me. I was on the ground, having been punched hard to the side of my face....

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Heroines!

...life revolves around shopping, who cannot keep a secret, who are mentally small.” Milly Johnson’s heroines are “always the people I want to be. I like heroines who have lost...

Time’s Prisoner

...She invites a motley crew of women to share her new life at the Hall: Rosamund, a tough but troubled nurse; Sylvia, retired actress and national treasure; loyal Bridget, gardener...

New Releases: December 2018

...given the threatening shadows swirling round in her modern world, is it safe to return?     Louise Rose-Innes: Undercurrent Romantic Thriller Independent e-book, paperback 12 November 2018 Munro Crane’s...

Zoe Allison: Something Unique

NWS graduate Zoe Allison tells us about her debut novel and the importance of mixed race characters in fiction.   I was around eleven years old when I realised I...

New Releases: January 2021

...12th January   Monte Carlo means different things to different people; a billionaire’s playground, overflowing with glitz and glamour but also where dangerous secrets hide.          ...