Al fresco hot chocolate, a windmill in Norfolk and dropping Christmas dinner, Carole Matthews, author of Calling Mrs Christmas, stopped by recently to talk all things Christmas. What is your favourite Christmas memory? When my partner Lovely Kev and I first got together, we rented a windmill in Norfolk and went there for Christmas on our own. We took a microwave, everything … [Read more...] about Christmas with Carole Matthews
Archives for December 2013
Ashley Hay’s Top Five Writing Tips
Ashley Hay is the author of The Railwayman's Wife, a novel set just after the end of the Second World War and which will be out in January. Ashley has given us her top five writing tips... 1. Get some words down – even if you suspect what you’ve written is terrible, you’ve got something on the page you can work with. 2. Read your sentences out loud; you can hear if the … [Read more...] about Ashley Hay’s Top Five Writing Tips
Review – The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern (translated by Emily Boyce & Ros Schwartz)
Reviewed by Kate Appleton Hélène Hivert’s childhood in shrouded in mystery and secrets and, in a determined effort to discover the truth of her family, she puts and advert in a newspaper detailing her quest and includes a photo. The photo is an old black and white of her mother and two men at a tennis tournament taken at Interlaken in 1971, and comes to the attention of … [Read more...] about Review – The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern (translated by Emily Boyce & Ros Schwartz)
Novelicious Chats To… Liz Trenow
Liz Trenow's latest novel, The Forgotten Seamstress, came out earlier this month as an ebook and will be out in paperback on 16th January. Here are a few questions Liz recently answered for our Novelicious readers. Can you tell us a little about your average writing day? I write in the mornings when my mind is freshest – usually starting around 8.30ish and continuing till … [Read more...] about Novelicious Chats To… Liz Trenow
10 Literary Charities You Can Donate To This Christmas
If you like to donate to worthy causes during the holidays or ask people to donate in your name in place of a gift, here are 10 literary options you might like to consider. 1. Book Aid International – Book Aid International provides books to libraries, hospitals, refugee camps and schools to support literacy, education and publishing in over 40 countries all over the world. As … [Read more...] about 10 Literary Charities You Can Donate To This Christmas