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In Conversation with … Jo Thomas and Sue Moorcroft

...runaway bestseller and won both the RNA Joan Hessayon Award and the Festival of Romance Best eBook Award. Her book Escape to the French Farmhouse was a #1 bestselling eBook....

New Releases: August 2023

...in most people’s eyes… until the day she meets Ethan, owner and boss of the company housed in an atmospheric and haunted castle, complete with its own Grey Lady apparition....

...category for new writers or unestablished to shine amongst their peers. The Christmas/Festive Holiday Romantic Novel Award: For the best romantic novel set in the winter festive season featuring Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Yule/New...

Rebecca Slorach – Finalist In The Inclusion Award Category

...Mills & Boon Romance Includes Everyone competition to find LGBTQI+ protagonists, and the Love to Write competition to find new authors from underrepresented backgrounds. She recently published Georgia Toffolo’s bestselling...

Meet The Contenders For The Fantasy Romantic Novel Award 2020

...of her husband, While Trudy tries to do her best for her son, who refuses to believe his father is dead, she must also attempt to build bridges with her...

Winners Of The RNA Industry Awards 2023

...ProWritingAid, a manuscript editing software programme with in-app video learning for writers. Here are the winners and their reactions: Hannah Schofield – WINNER – Agent of the Year “I am...

Liz Fenwick -the River Between Us

...story of star-crossed lovers played out against the river, while finding her own path to happiness. LIZ FENWICK’S MEDIA DETAILS: Twitter: @liz_fenwick Instagram: @liz_fenwick Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/liz.fenwick.author Website: www.lizfenwick.com TikTok: @lizfenwick980...

Popular Romantic Fiction Award

Laura Wood – A Single Thread Of Moonlight

...a shortlist – and then in a room – with writers I admire so much was genuinely a dream come true. I also knew that my all-time heroine, Eva Ibbotson,...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...copywriting agency, where I worked as a copywriter, to write novels in 2013. A decision I’ve never regretted. I’m the ‘Brit’ in Sweden and the ‘Swede’ in Britain. Lovisa’s Choice,...

The entry process

The Joan Hessayon Award for New Writers The New Writers’ Scheme aims to encourage fresh talent in the writing of romances and novels with romantic elements, in every genre from...

Nicola Pryce: Searching For The Voice Of Opium Addiction In 1796

...prank. Come damn it, Girls, don’t let’s be sad, The bottle stands so handy: Drink gin, if brandy can’t be had But if it can, drink brandy. And if old...