Latest novel: The Shining City
I loved researching the history behind my latest novel THE SHINING CITY. Besides reading a lot about the period, I made many trips to the archaeological site of Madinat al Zahra, […]
Madinat al-Zahra a splendid city now in ruins
View from the upper terrace Entrance to the Royal Residence When I first heard about the ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, I was intrigued by the idea that a palace-city of […]
FREE KINDLE copy of SANTIAGO TALES
From today for five days my latest novel SANTIAGO TALES is available FREE on kindle. Why don’t all you ebook lovers download a copy and enjoy following Beth as she […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Guest interview with the author JG Harlond
Guest interview with the novelist JG Harlond: In your latest book, “The Chosen Man“, you have an array of interesting and vivid characters. How did you come up with them? […]
Literary or not?
Why is it that some successful writers want to be considered as literary? What is a book of literary fiction anyway? Literary, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary is: Of, constituting, […]