Black Rock by Amanda Smyth was her debut novel and it is set on Trinidad and Tobago during the 1950s. It follows sixteen-year-old Cecilia who arrived into the world as her mother departed it. Her English father doesn’t know of her existence so she is raised by her Aunt Tassi and lives with her and […]
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Sunrise on the Reaping is Suzanne Collins’ long-anticipated return to Panem, serving as the fifth instalment in The Hunger Games series. It’s a prequel and set twenty four years before the original dystopian trilogy. The prequel is concerned with the fiftieth Hunger Games. The Quarter Quell and a particularly brutal one, where twice the number
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Ted A Pawtobiography by Ted the Dog is a light-hearted ‘sniff and tell’ from the characterful canine in the hit BBC show Gone Fishing. If you’ve watched Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, you’ll be aware of a rascally four-legged hound that often makes an appearance. He’s a gruff, bark-it-how-it-is type who’s also
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The explosive finale to the Apokeri Bay Trilogy is revealed. May I present Chosen Lies: Can one Greek summer rewrite the past? What do you think? A massive thank you to Wigwam Studios for once more capturing my vision and transforming it into this stunning front cover. I absolutely love the setting sun behind Tharesseti. If
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None of This is True by Lisa Jewell is a psychological thriller charting the relationship between two very different women. Alix Summer, a successful podcaster and Josie Fair, a disillusioned seamstress who’s lived the same life for thirty years. “‘Hi!’ says Josie, her voice coming out higher than she’d imagined. ‘I’m your birthday twin!’” It’s
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Saturday 17th May dawned fair and it was off to Newcastle Writing Conference in The Common Room , Neville Hall. Clutching our tote bags and lanyards (handily with our names and booked sessions included) plenty of us were taking the time to improve our writing craft. The Man From Kilmarnock Did Good In a packed
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Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley follows the trials and tribulations of the Yorkshire Lunn fishing family as they face the eternal struggle with the sea and the Fosdycks. Although this is very much a novel, the 1920s story is based on true events. Written in the 1930s, it’s set in the fictitious storm-ravaged Bramblewick. However,
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One Moonlit Night by Rachel Hore follows the plight of the Anderson family during World War II, the secrets we keep and what happens when we discover the truth. I’ll get right to the point. I’m a massive Rachel Hore fan. I consumed A Week in Paris and The Memory Garden and I absolutely adore
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Goosebumps Like Kopjes by Stamford Spencer is a non-fiction account of a time now lost. The intrepid Spencer family start again in Zimbabwe after bidding farewell to North East England in the 1950s. Stamford Spencer is the eldest son and most of the story is told through his eyes. A foreword from Stamford’s widow The
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I’m thrilled to announce that my second contemporary fiction novel, Saving Elora, is shortlisted in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards Adult Fiction category. What are The Wishing Shelf Book Awards? The Wishing Shelf Book Awards were set up by UK-based children’s author Bill Bob Buttons (real name is Edward Trayer). They offer independently published authors
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