Summer is festival season – not just for music, for the literary world too! After two years of restrictions, book fairs are back with a vengeance, and I’m attending a packed programme of events throughout the summer along with other … Read More
Some news about my publisher A UK publisher stranded in Spain due to COVID-19 is continuing to release books despite being locked-down in a tiny Madrid apartment. Sara-Jayne Slack, MD of ethical indie-press Inspired Quill (IQ) has been running the … Read More
People have been taking Blue Tide Rising on holiday and sending me photos so I thought I’d post a few. It’s nice to know that Amy Blue is travelling… On a beach somewhere in Crete. From a park bench bench … Read More
Memoir focuses on a key aspect, theme or event in a person’s life. As with fiction, it can start anywhere and can move around in time and place. It differs from biography in that it focuses more on emotional truths … Read More
A young woman I know once read six books in a day. She read all day, every day, and combined reading with all sorts of other activities, like eating, watching telly and engaging on multiple social media channels. When I … Read More