Book clubs
English language book clubs are springing up all over Spain these days. The English are still, on the whole, great readers. They will drive miles, sometimes, as in the case […]
SANTIAGO TALES, published at last, thanks to a little help from my friends.
Back in October I blogged about how I came to write my latest novel SANTIAGO TALES and where the idea had come from. Now, at last, I have published it […]
The Next Big Thing
A short while ago I received an email from author Karen McCann inviting me to pass the torch for her in “The Next Big Thing”. Karen is the author of […]
BIBLIOTECA NORDICA “Open Doors” week
I’ve always loved libraries. I was five when my parents enrolled me in the local library in Felixstowe and for the next ten years it was my favourite place. I […]
LOVING HARRY extract
She continued to watch Margery while Ian went off to replenish their glasses. Was it true? Was she over it? Was the bitterness still lurking in her soul? Now that […]
Santiago Tales
I’d been thinking about writing a story about the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela for some time, ever since we had made a visit to Galicia and fallen in love […]
How do you find the time to write?
How do you find the time to write? This is a question that I am often asked. The answer is simple really: if you want to do something enough then […]
Memory Keepers’ Workshop: a holiday dedicated to writing about the past
Do you have a story to tell? Have you lived through events that ought to be recorded? Is there something – fact or fiction – you would like to write […]
An interview with the best-selling historical novelist ANN VICTORIA ROBERTS
Q: Your latest novel, THE MASTER’S TALE, is a gripping account of the life of Captain Edward Smith, the Master of the TITANIC. What inspired you to write this particular […]
Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
Punctuation Changes in fashion affect all aspects of our lives, even grammar, but when it comes to punctuation there is little that can be modernised without distortion. The trend in […]