Natasha Pulley studied English Literature at Oxford University. After stints working at Waterstones as a bookseller, then at Cambridge University Press as a publishing assistant in the astronomy and maths departments, she did the Creative Writing MA at UEA. She…
And so, while I continue to count down the days until I see my family again, I too will continue to thank God for the friends who have become family, for my daily ocean swims, and for the unaltered joy…
Then one day she sees as advert on the door: assistant wanted. But before she can land her dream job, Allie knows she must achieve two things: Quick Reads is an initiative from the Reading Agency. Each year 6 titles…
I’ve had great fun coming up with ten things. Once I got going I could have listed a lot more! Chris Penhall won the 2019 Choc-Lit Search for a Star competition, sponsored by Your Cat Magazine, for her debut novel,…
Bolton is such a brilliant writer. I’d read any of her books without a thought. The Pact is a tense ride (in more ways than one). It’s a story of the power of friendship and whether it can endure, and…
My debut novel, The Stranding, is about Ruth Lancaster, a British woman in her late thirties. Through two intertwined timelines the book charts her life before and after she survives a mass extinction event by hiding in the mouth of…
I enjoyed too the way the author explored friendships between women and the way they can be such a support to each other. Although rivalries and the way some women try to put others down is also shown. I think…
However. I gradually realised I hadn’t finished thinking about the characters. I began 2020 with a vague plan to write a series of twelve Lindford stories, but this swiftly began to feel inadequate. I needed to be capturing this week…
Authors attending include Shaun Bythell, Jon McGregor, Polly Samson, Holly McNish, Brian Bilston, Alison Weir and Val McDermid. Abigail Dean will be discussing her debut novel Girl A and Kate Summerscale will be talking about her latest book, The Haunting…
I’m working on a sequel to the Ballynoon Friendship Circle. I aim to bring in the characters who I referred to in the first book. There is never a dull moment when writing about these ladies and their partners. Twitter:…
