My top three isolation/lockdown reads
The Skylark’s War by Hilary McKay. Written for children, and set in the Edwardian era, The Skylark’s War provides cosy escapism into a very different time, but also offers parallels…
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The Skylark’s War by Hilary McKay. Written for children, and set in the Edwardian era, The Skylark’s War provides cosy escapism into a very different time, but also offers parallels…
Continue readingI’m delighted to share an opportunity with you that I hope you’re going to enjoy. This January, I’ll be running the Write Mentor West London weekend writing workshop. Join me…
Continue readingI once heard a story about a friend of the crime writer Val McDermid. This friend wished to call up her pal Val and find out how she was, only…
Continue reading‘I think I may boast myself to be, with all possible vanity, the most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress.’ Jane Austen ‘Perhaps I…
Continue readingAs I approach the end of the first draft of of my new novel, I have been thinking about how and also exactly what it takes to get to an…
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