Joan Fallon

A Worthy Booker Prize Winner

I have just finished reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan, an Australian author.  He is without doubt a worthy winner of the prestigious Booker Prize. […]

You can’t judge a book by its cover

All English speaking people know that this phrase is very true – people are more than what we can see on the outside.  More than once in my life I […]

M is for MEMORIES – latest novel out soon

My latest novel is finished and due to be published any day.  Entitled “M is for MEMORIES”, it is a mystery story is about a famous artist, Nancy Miller.  She […]

H IS FOR HAWK

Wow!  What a wonderful book.  As soon as I saw the cover I knew I wanted to read this book.This is a real-life account of how Helen Macdonald trained a […]

New writer JESSIE BURTON

The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton This is a beautifully written story about a young country girl who marries a rich merchant. When she arrives in Amsterdam she discovers that all […]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Some time ago a friend, who spends part of her time working at an NGO orphanage in Kenya, asked me if I had read any African authors.  The only one […]

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

At a recent Indie Book Fair, I met some people from Ingram Spark who print and publish books for independent authors, among other things.  As sponsors of the Book Fair […]

MY FIRST INDIE AUTHOR FAIR

Last Sunday I was lucky enough to take part in the first Indie Author Fair, part of the Chorleywood Literary Festival.  It was a small event held in Chorleywood Memorial […]