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…

Book Review: The Flames by Sophie Haydock

From erotic figurative pieces to explicit self-portraits, early 20th century Austrian painter Egon Schiele is…

J. L. Worrad: A City Of Cats

Have you ever seen a large group of cats just hanging out together? I’m talking…

Don’t Interrogate Inspiration, Just Grab It

Shady Hollow takes place in a charming community made up of woodland creatures who all…

Marina McCarron on love and never being in love with a person

I have never fallen in love. Not with a person, at least. Yes, I have…

Book Review: The Dictator’s Wife by Freya Berry

Freya Berry’s debut novel, The Dictator’s Wife, is a book fraught with uncomfortable realities buried…

Zoë Somerville on folklore and superstition in The Marsh House

When I was at infants school I vividly remember listening to an oral storyteller tell…