With three kids, this time of year - for me and every other working mum - involves a long round of nativity plays, Christingles, Christmas jumper days … and so many school events that you’re tempted to dig out a sleeping bag and not bother coming home. But, on the writing front, this December feels like the calm before the storm, as my novel You, Me, Everything prepares for UK and worldwide publication in Spring 2018.

Despite this, 700 miles across the North Sea in Norway – the only country in...