Anna James on the inspiration for her story ‘How Things Disappear’ from the collection, I am Heathcliff, curated by Kate Mosse Full disclosure: I’m a Jane, not a Cathy. So when I was asked…
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I discovered as you and your readers also will, that Joy isn’t interesting merely because C. S. Lewis fell in love with her. Not even close. What a privilege and an honour to talk…
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ConversationsOn writing someone else’s book – Michael Davies on finishing a ‘lost’ Desmond Bagley novel
Discovered after more than 40 years, a vintage action-adventure novel by one of the world’s most successful thriller writers, involving murder, corruption and a daring hijack in the Caribbean. How I got to ‘write’…
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‘Mini Rabbit is a bit like an animal representation of myself when I was a child’ Mini Rabbit was created during a series of self-initiated illustrations, back in 2015. I was having fun experimenting…
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‘There are those who would tell you that you must keep one eye on your children, and one eye out for the gentle-folk.’ It thrills me to imagine you, seated by a window, or…
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‘It’s our mission to show you just how deliciously wonderful eating plants can be. That’s why we exist. It’s what we do.’ We are massive food lovers, and we made the decision to adopt…
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‘Grief, bereavement, physical and mental illnesses had been taboo subjects in our farming family.’ When my little sister Tricia died by suicide four years ago a friend said: ‘Maybe you’ll write about this one…
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‘This is the story of Asia over the last forty years.’ We, The Survivors, is the story of Lee Hock Lye – known to friends and family as Ah Hock – a young man…
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‘Loss teaches us about one of the most enduring kinds of love.’ I am blessed by a child who came to me late in life, and I love this daughter of mine, who is…
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The heritage plays a big part, horses and horses racing have so long been part of the world’s culture – racing is happening in only slightly different forms in every corner of the globe…