Author Robert Lautner discusses his inspirations for writing new novel The Draughtsman, and how the issues in the book are still relevant today. I’m not a political person. I can play devil’s advocate and…
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Katrina Diamond talks about inspiration, communication and moving on with writing. Her second novel, The Secret, is out now. I am in the process of moving house, into a much smaller house with my…
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Meet Spike, aka Radio Boy: a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the internet generation. Spike’s your average awkward 11 year old, funny and cheeky and with a mum to reckon with. When…
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We’re delighted to launch our brand new Independent Bookshop Initiative 2017 – a three-pronged campaign to support new and existing independent bookshops in the UK and Ireland. The initiative was announced by Group Sales…
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“Nothing compares to engaging a child with a story you’ve created. Seeing those eyes light up is a truly magical thing.” Indie Thinking chats to the award-winning picture book author and illustrator, Rob Biddulph.…
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Indie Thinking competition winners Wenlock Books talk about the day the Tiger really did come to tea at their bookshop! Pictured right is the winning tweet, and below bookseller Jasmine Denholm shares photos and…
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Imagine trying to live a normal life in a world which changes daily and where nothing is certain… Set in contemporary Beirut, An Unsafe Haven is a rich, illuminating and deeply moving novel about…
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ConversationsT.J. Lebbon discuses how his home in rural Monmouthshire inspired the settings in The Family Man
“I think that writing about somewhere real – however fictionalized it becomes – means that you know what it smells like, looks like, and how it feels to stand there” “Place plays a huge…
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Many early readers have been amazed that you’ve managed to write a ‘must-read’ about a topic as difficult to talk and hear about as rape, particularly given the graphic descriptions at the start of…
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Dr. Seuss may not have been an official doctor, but his prescription for fun has delighted readers for more than 70 years. Watch now to discover all sorts of wonderfully Seussian facts and fantastic…