Bryan Washington is a writer from Houston. His fiction and essays have appeared in, among other publications, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, the BBC, Vulture and the Paris Review. He’s also a National Book…
Source – review copy The Writer’s Cats is not a long book, at 80 pages it is easy to read in one sitting. The prose is accompanied by lovely illustrations from Maria Guitart, which show the cats “helping”, the author’s…
In June 2019 Jo published A Cornish Affair with Choc Lit. Later that year, a major health scare saw her writing put on hold for a while, but in the summer of 2020, the first of a new series of…
What is the secret that binds us all?Who is behind the dark forces that will stop at nothing to prevent the world from knowing the truth Facing danger at every turn, can Ella find the answers to the riddles and…
I have never been asked how a writer keeps going psychologically. I think there is an assumption that once you have an agent and a publisher or even an awards nomination you are somehow ‘sorted’. But for me this has…
A young woman has gone missing. It’s nearly Christmas. Why does hardly anyone seem to care?Kelly Ingles’ case should have been one to tug on the public’s heartstrings: a young woman missing in the run-up to Christmas.But Kelly wasn’t perfect…
I’d thought I’d read all of Agatha Christie’s novels, though many of them were read so long ago it’s almost as if I’ve never read them. My memory of course is made up of fragments and the lasting impressions of…
In a nutshell, what is your book about? About the book Let the games begin… If you were on Desert Island Discs, what one book would you take with you? Tell me about your journey to publication Yes! I’m in…
Related Links: To get to the root of Sigurd’s disappearance, Sara must question everything she knows about their relationship. But can she trust her own thoughts? And where is she safe? Sara was not a likeable character, but as a…
Mark Billingham Michael Rosen Janice Hallett (You can read my review of The Appeal here) Ben Miller Mick Herron (You can read my review of Slow Horses here and Dead Lions here) Joan Collins Bernadine Evaristo Jonathan Dimbleby Dawn French…
