Most of us have watched with interest as books and publishing have changed over the last twenty or so years. Online bookshops are...

In this post I want to take a look at first lines of novels. Some are famous, some not. (see end of post to find book/author) ‘Maman died...

Long before the idea for Isla Rising came to me, before it was even a twinkle in my eye, I spent some days in Edinburgh. It was the time...

A way to describe location and give a sense of place

I always loved books and reading. When I was a child my parents had an old set of encyclopaedias from the 1920’s; the pages were silky...

In this post I’d like to look at a heroine in terms of her relationship to her father. Sometimes a father’s approval is more important...