Book Review: Elektra by Jennifer Saint

Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne was featured in our best books of 2021 list and within just a few…

Julie Houston on the inspiration behind A Village Secret

My tenth novel, A Village Secret, was inspired by some family history of my own.…

15 unmissable books to read this Spring

As we slowly emerge from our cosy winter hibernation, the uplifting feel of spring is…

Rachel Hancox on cooking up a novel

I learned to cook at university by the simple expedient of inviting people to dinner…

Book Review: Left on Tenth by Delia Ephron

Delia Ephron lost both her sister Nora and her husband Jerry to cancer within the…

Book Review: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Five Chinese American students are contacted by a secret Chinese organisation. The proposal is this:…

Book Review: Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

Memphis – the debut novel from Tara M. Stringfellow – tells the multigenerational story of…

Rory Power’s top five family-based fantasy books

The thing is, I think Tolstoy almost had it right. Unhappy families are unique, yes,…

Book Review: Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May

If the idea of a story set against the alluring backdrop of untamed magic and…

Book Review: When Our Worlds Collided by Danielle Jawando

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes you can pick up a book and know very…

Writing inspiration: channelling the motherload

Writer and critic Cyril Connolly’s infamous pronouncement, ‘There is no more sombre enemy of good…

Jacqueline Winspear on Eleanor Roosevelt and the British Women Ferry Pilots

For twenty years I have kept a notebook with themes, ideas and events I wanted…