Trisha Tobias: What’s In a Name – The Power of Starting Fresh

Honeysuckle and Bone touches on many topics: guilt, shame, grief, secrets. But at its core,…

Maithree Wijesekara: How my work as a dentist has helped me create multi-layered characters in my fantasy world

Writing gore comes easier to me than writing romance. While this is unfortunate from a…

Read an extract from The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton

At sixteen, Honora ‘Nora’ Holtzfall is the daughter of the most powerful heiress in Gamanix;…

Book Review: Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

Evelyn has lived through a thousand lifetimes and in every single one, she’s been murdered…

Lauren Bravo: The lure of the chaotic, charismatic fictional family

Forgive me, but Tolstoy was wrong. Happy families are not all alike. Or perhaps the…

Sophie Austin: Victorian Fiction Is More Relevant Than Ever

I’m yet to meet a person that hasn’t read, watched, or at least heard of…

Alex Stone explains why twin sibling rivalry features at the heart of her latest psychological thriller

Sibling relationships have always fascinated me, especially those infused with rivalry, unresolved tensions, and unspoken…

Bianca Gillam on writing about difficult subjects in rom-coms

Writing a rom-com is a delicate balance. You want your characters to feel well-rounded, the…

Book Review: The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

Ever since Queen Moryen of the Others helped the Yorks win the War of the…

Angela Montoya: Welcome to the Vampire Renaissance

There is no mistaking the appeal of vampires. They are these powerful, mysterious, often broody,…

Read an extract from Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis

Queen Saskia is the wicked sorceress everyone fears. After successfully wrestling the throne from her…