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Need a STEM romance fix? Here are 10 books to get obsessed with until we can press play on the Love Hypothesis movie

If you’re anywhere on the bookish internet these days, you’ll know that Ali Hazelwood’s rom-com…

Shailee Thompson: Sidekick to Soulmate – Reflection on the evolution of female friendships in film

Picture the scene, a plucky, neurotic, independent working girl is walking down a big city…

Miranda Reason on the importance of names in fiction and the lasting legacy of stories

Day of Now began with an image I had, of two young siblings picking their…

Hot Stuff: The 5 Best Romances to Shake Off the Winter Blues

It’s January, it’s cold, the fun of the holidays has faded, and everyone is desperately…

Kristin Koval: Forgiveness as a Radical Form of Wellness

Wellness is everywhere right now. Diet and exercise advice that promises to manage depression or…

Behind the Pages of The Odds of You: The Inspiration Behind Kate Dramis’ Debut Romance

The Odds of You is a book that, for all intents and purposes, snuck up…

Chloe Ford’s favourite wintery romantic comedy movies

One of my favourite things to do over the festive period is to plonk myself…

Julie Caplin on her love of travel and how it inspires her books

As a child I was quiet and timid, perhaps cowed by a miserable parental divorce,…

Rachel Greenlaw on the inspiration behind The Ordeals

Inspiration for a novel is never one singular idea. It’s a myriad of thoughts and…

Kathy George on retellings and giving female characters the voice they were denied

If you’re a voracious reader like me, you can name at least one minor character…

Amy McCaw on the allure of true crime

True crime is one of those trends that I became aware of when the Serial…

Scarlett Dunmore: Scotland’s Dance with Witchcraft

“Double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble.” Scotland has a dark history. One…