Author Guest Post

Bea Setton on Berlin and how the German city inspired her debut novel

One of the profound anxieties I have is that because I only have one life,…

Victoria Scott on why she set her new novel in the Malvern Hills

Shortly after my first serious relationship ended when I was 24, my mum took a…

Rebecca Barrow on writing about grief in Bad Things Happen Here

When I was asked to write this piece about grief and why I wrote about…

Lesley Thomson on writing about what you know

The curving outline of bricks slide above me. Silver rails, illuminated by headlamps seem to…

Time’s tricks: the perils of researching historical fiction

The clock hand drives us remorselessly towards our uncertain futures. Time does not go backwards.…

Faith Hogan on writing her latest book The Gin Sisters’ Promise

When I sat down to write The Gin Sisters’ Promise I didn’t really think about…

Georgie Hall on the inspiration behind Woman of a Certain Rage

Like Eliza, the heroine of Woman of a Certain Rage, I’ve found myself angrier in…

Matt Cain on the five books that shaped him as a writer

To celebrate PRIDE month and the paperback publication of his wonderfully uplifting novel The Secret Life…

What would you do if men were under Curfew?

It’s a good question, isn’t it? My novel After Dark explores what would happen if…

Writing a Split World: 99 Problems and a Unified Theory of Everything Ain’t One

I like writing weird, complicated stories. I like reading them too. It’s ultimately why I’m…