If you want to hear hollow laughter, ask an author if they like their covers. There is almost no topic in publishing more contentious. If I only had a pound […] Read More

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I have a couple of friends who have occasionally remarked on my (very vague) resemblance to Hermione Norris, she of Spooks and Cold Feet fame. Last night, at the Costa […] Read More

I’m fifty thousand words in to my new novel, which is titled: The Last Letter From Your Lover. As part of this book, I am including in the chapter headings […] Read More

To Guildford last Friday to take part in the epic (nine days!) Book Festival there. I was appearing at the Girl’s Night event with bestselling writers Katie Fforde, Matt Dunn […] Read More

… by DJ Paterson. Feels like being back in the schoolyard, except that instead of swapping warm cartons of milk and Superheroes stickers, I’m apparently meant to past six random […] Read More

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Okay. So this has very little about publishing, but quite a lot to do with my current state of barely suppressed perma-rage. Very happy to hear any other suggestions, but […] Read More

… is my first broadcast piece of writing. It’s almost impossible to say how excited I am to have a short story going out on Radio 4, but if I […] Read More

Literary lunches can be strange events. You can turn up and find yourself eyed up by four people and a dog, eat a curly-edged sandwich or two, and sit plaintively, […] Read More