Book Review: Retreat to the Spanish Sun by Jo Thomas

Summer reads too often get sidelined in book recommendation discussions. Beach reads, light romances, books…

July reads: 10 of the best new books published this month

Whether your plans for July involve jetting off for a much needed dose of sun,…

Book Review: A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding by Amanda Svensson

Sebastian’s a grieving neuroscientist who’s fallen for a patient who can only see in two…

Benjamin Dean on the inspiration behind his YA debut

I’m often asked for my inspiration behind writing my YA debut, The King is Dead,…

Cat Gray on choosing to write a middle grade children’s novel as opposed to adult fiction

The first novel I wrote was literary fiction. I was studying English literature, and it…

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…

Book Review: Berlin by Bea Setton

After leaving her previous job in less that ideal circumstances, and thanks to the support…

Book Review: Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez

Inspired by medieval Spain and infused with a heady Hispanic spirit, Isabel Ibañez’s Together We…

Book Review: Just For Today by Nell Hudson

Just For Today, the debut from actor Nell Hudson, is a novel that touches on…

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…