Catching up with … Elisabeth Hobbes

I last interviewed Elisabeth after her sixth book; she's been busy writing in the mean time and I'm chatting to her this morning about her nineth book, The Merchant's Secret. Her tenth book is due out soon - see below for further details! Hi - thanks for giving up some time to chat! I loved …

An Interview with … Rachel Fearnley

Good morning! Today I'm heading back out on the interview trail after quite a long break. Chatting to me today is Rachel Fearnley, author of Our Family and IT, a very moving novel which explores the impact illness has on a family. Rachel, thanks very much for joining me. I very much enjoyed reading your …

An Interview with … Rich Garon

Hello! I've been lucky to grab a moment with American author Rich Garon to discuss his writing, his motivations for his work … and to ask him the all-important question about, ahem, wine gums. His second novel, Lee Fitts, was published in February. Where did the idea for your new protagonist, Lee Fitts, come from? …

An Interview with … Jim Alexander

After something of a hiatus, it's lovely to be quizzing an author on writing tips and inspirations again. Today, I'm chatting to Jim Alexander about creative ideas, problems with desert islands, and his somewhat questionable approach to wine gums. His debut novel, GoodCopBadCop, is out now. Hi, Jim. Tell us a little about your writing to …

An Interview with … Elisabeth Hobbes

Elisabeth Hobbes is the author of six historical Romance novels, all set in Northern England in the Medieval period. Her latest novel, Beguiled by the Forbidden Knight, has just been published. Its heroine, Aelfhild, finds herself swapping identities with her mistress, Lady Sigrun, in order to protect her from an unwanted Norman suitor. But he …

David Hewson’s Juliet and Romeo Blog Tour – an interview

Published by Dome Press, David Hewson's Juliet and Romeo is a fascinating new take on what is possibly the most famous of love stories. I've watched productions of Shakespeare's play countless times but have always felt that Juliet's character, so pivotal to events, often got lost in all the noise and posturing of the other …

Madam Tulip and the Bones of Chance – Review and a conversation with David Ahern

David Ahern's Derry O'Donnell, together with her fortune-reading alter-ego Madam Tulip, is now on her third adventure, this time in the highlands of Scotland. I was very happy to see that familiar characters are back - there's much to love about Derry's opportunistic father, this time embroiled in buying an ancestral home, and Derry's ever …

An Interview with … Richard Wall

Today I'm chatting to Richard Wall, author of Fat Man Blues, about his influences, his writing, and his plans for the future. Hi Richard. Tell us a little about your writing to date. I have a bunch of short stories as ebooks on Amazon Kindle, which I have vague ideas of compiling into a paperback …

An Interview with … John Mayer

Hello! Today I'm chatting to John Mayer. His latest book, The Trust, is the fourth novel in The Parliament House Books series. The next in the collection, The House, is in development. So, tell us a little about your writing to date, John. I’ve written all kinds of things from newspaper articles, journal articles, legal …

An Interview with … Val Portelli

Today I'm chatting to Val Portelli (Voinks) about writing, her inspirations and the joys of self-publishing. Her latest novel, Spirit of Technology, is out now. A message from a stranger. A modern day woman responds to an e-mail from an unknown contact. Against her better judgement she continues the correspondence with a man who tells …