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June 9, 2015
Virtual Book Club: Meet Philippa Rees
Today I’m delighted to welcome Philippa Rees to Victual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors. If you get to the end and there’s anything else you’d like to know, please feel free to post your questions. Philippa was born in South Africa and fatherless and by the age of two,...
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June 3, 2015
Virtual Book Club: Meet the author, Betsy Talbot
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Betsy Talbot to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. Betsy Talbot is a 40-something traveller and author. When she’s not travelling...
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May 27, 2015
Virtual Book Club: Alison Morton talks about her new release, Aurelia
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Alison Morton back to my blog. This time she’s appearing on Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything you would like to know, you’ll have the opportunity at the end. Even before she pulled on her first set...
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May 23, 2015
Think You’re Ready to Self-publish Your First Book? Stop and Read This.
When I go out and speak to writers on the subject of self-publishing, I am often asked if there is a quick and easy guide that covers every aspect of the process. Jessica Bell has just supplied me with an answer. Jessica is an Australian novelist, poet, and singer/songwriter/guitarist who lives in Athens, Greece. In...
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May 20, 2015
Guest Blog: Walking and Writing by Lucienne Boyce
Today I’m delighted to welcome Lucienne Boyce back to my blog. In fact, in a moment I’ll be handing over the reins to her. As a keen walker, I was interested when she offered to write a piece about how walking influences and aids the writing process. Lucienne writes historical fiction and non-fiction. She has...
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May 19, 2015
A Day in the Life: Meet author Debbie Young
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Debbie Young to A Day in the Life, a series in which I put questions to authors about their writing lives. Debbie is perhaps best known for her role within the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi). She is Commissioning Editor of their self-publishing advice blog, and the co-author, with Dan...
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May 11, 2015
Virtual Book Club: Meet A M Cridland, author of Nathan and Alex
Today, I’m delighted to welcome A M Cridland to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Don’t forget that if there’s anything you would like to know, you’ll have the opportunity at the end. Antonia is a keen artist with a love of...
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May 5, 2015
Meet the author: Josa Young
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Josa Young to my blog. Josa was born in Kent, England. She couldn’t read until she was seven due to spending all her time outside, and then proceeded to devour libraries of novels when forced to come indoors to be educated. She studied English Literature at Cambridge, and had a...
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May 2, 2015
Meet the author: Amanda Sington-Williams
Today, I’m delighted to welcome Amanda Sington-Williams to my blog. Amanda lives in Brighton and writes short stories and novels. Her inspiration comes from travelling and other authors such as Emily Barr, Ian McEwan and Margaret Attwood. She comes from a family of writers. Her cousin, Derrick Sington was renowned for his post war non-fiction work,...
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April 22, 2015
A Celebration of Reading, by Outside the Box: Women Writing Women
When we produced Outside the Box: Women Writing Women, we asked readers to take a risk. To step outside their comfort zones and try something new. An author or a genre they hadn’t experimented with in the past. This was no small ask. As Will Gompertz, arts editor for the BBC pointed out earlier this...
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