Author Features

1 September 2022

Author Lauren North writes and open letter to Louise Beech

Dear Louise, As I write this letter, I can imagine you tipping your head back and laughing that larger than life laugh of yours and telling me I’m mad for ...

18 August 2022

Gill Paul shares how female friendship groups have inspired her new novel The Manhattan Girls

When women form friendship groups, they tend to adopt different roles: • The ‘organiser’, who rounds everyone up and arranges where to meet. • The ‘caretaker’, who is a good ...

8 July 2022

The Dream Murderer Cycle: An Interview With Author Paul Taffinder

Psychologist Dr Paul Taffinder is already a bestselling, award-winning author in the business field, where he is respected as one of the UK’s leading experts on leadership. He is also ...

author interview

9 June 2022

Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine by Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine by celebrated feminist thinker and author Antonella Gambotto-Burke is an intellectual tour-de-force that will transform our understanding of birth, and ...

4 January 2022

Beyond Belief: An interview with Atheist author Harry Margulies

What does it mean to be an atheist, and why do atheists reject organised religion and the notion of a god? For author Harry Margulies, a leading proponent of atheism, ...

author interview

1 November 2021

An Introduction To Ior Bock And The Bock Saga

As the feud between religious science-deniers and atheist Genesis-bashers intensifies, an alternative origin story has been gaining significant traction worldwide. Here, the author and historian Carl Borgen examines the phenomenon ...

Books Book review author interview

5 April 2021

Red Amaryllis by Denise E. Jacobs

Red Amaryllis by medium Denise E. Jacobs is a clarion call for peace, love and understanding but, more importantly, a convincing entreaty for us all to act before it’s too ...

2 March 2021

Ironing by Navajo

By Gwyn Rees With most novels, you know what to expect in terms of structure before you’ve even turned the first page. First comes the set-up and the introduction of ...

9 February 2021

Curses of Cousins by Cliff Bacchus

Curses for Cousins is a timely novel, tackling a challenging and quasi-taboo topic that is too often politely ignored by society: the practice of intermarriage between cousins. A pacey psychological ...

Books Book review author interview

2 November 2020

Chrsitmas Crackers: Why we all need a quiz this Christmas by John White

We all love an Office Quiz at Christmas time. It is a tradition in many workplaces but why not make this Christmas one whereby we can all test our knowledge ...

Only Fools And Horses

15 May 2017

Back From The Dead: How To Create A Ghost Aircraft

With Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 still missing without trace, Damien Lewis reveals how shockingly easy it is to make an aircraft disappear … The C47 Skytrain - the classic, twin-engine ...

24 March 2016

A Quick Guide to Rural Noir by Mark Sennen

The term 'rural noir' is a Twenty-First Century one, but the writing which fits into this category stretches back into the Twentieth Century and, some argue, to even before that. ...

21 October 2015

Top 10 things I love about hotel rooms by Melissa Hill

The idea that I can pick up the phone, order a complete meal and drinks of my choice, and someone delivers the whole lot on a tray with fancy cutlery ...

30 September 2015

Crash and Burn by Maggie Nash

If at first you don't succeed….Crash and Burn! I've always been a voracious reader. So much so that for a short time when I was lucky enough to be a ...

25 September 2015

Men for Hire by Tina Donahue, Bella Settarra, Michelle Roth and Jennifer Denys

About two or three years ago I came up with the idea of a story about a firm hiring out men for any number of reasons-from house repairs, chauffeuring, dog ...

21 September 2015

5 NEW habits you should make to improve your happiness by Kate Tojeiro

What happiness is, like success or desire is different for different people. Feeling fabulous in a sexy dress, a blast on a motorbike, an egg with a runny yolk….. ...

3 September 2015

Top 10 Things People Should Know About Muslim Dating

Sofia Khan is Not Obliged is launching a brand new imprint from Bonnier, called Twenty7, which only publishes work by debut novelist, first in ebook and later in paperback. Welcome ...

29 August 2015

10 things people say if you’re not on social media by Rachel Elliot

I am 42 years old, my first novel has just come out, and I am not on any form of social media. I'm not on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. Not right ...

10 August 2015

Why to be both: Writer and Publisher by Meike Ziervogel author of Kauthar

I run Peirene, an independent publishing house that specialises in foreign literature in English translation. I also write novels. My novels are published by Salt Publishing. To balance writing and ...

8 August 2015

Top 10 Reasons Americans Are Liked and Disliked Abroad by René Zografos

By Rene Zografos, author of Attractive Unattractive Americans 1) Arrogance. Many people believe that being American is synonymous with being over-confident and self-obsessed. Internationally, America has a reputation as the ...

The Self-Esteem Team's Guide to Sex, Drugs and WTFs?!!

6 August 2015

Top ten ways to work on your self-esteem by The Self-Esteem Team

At Self-Esteem Team we know that confidence isn't something you're born with or something that just falls from the sky. We know that everyone has to work on their self ...

5 August 2015

May Day By Lori Roy, author of Let Me Die in His Footsteps

In the earliest stages of writing LET ME DIE IN HIS FOOTSTEPS, I spent a good deal of time researching and documenting the traditions and folklore of Kentucky. My findings ...