Speak, Memory: 10 Books on Remembering & Forgetting
In my novel Monkey See, millions of people are affected by a disease known as RONDS: Rapid Onset Neural Degeneration Syndrome, which has similar symptoms…
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Friday Faves: Best Books of 2014
SA Jones: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler My favourite book of 2014 was Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are…
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Reading Round-Up: July 2014
This month I have spent much of my usual reading time working on getting The Ark ready for publication, but I’ve still managed to chew…
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Q & A with Author Dawn Barker
What was the inspiration behind Let Her Go? I first thought about writing Let Her Go after watching a documentary about a woman with a medical…
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Writers Ask Writers: The ‘Difficult’ Second Novel
It’s been a long time between drinks for the Writers Ask Writers gang but this month our friend and writing colleague Dawn Barker is launching…
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Writers Ask Writers: Tools of the Trade
This month on Writers Ask Writers we’re joined by Angela Savage, awarded author of three crime novels, Beyond the Night Bazaar, The Half Child…
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Writers Ask Writers
I’m pleased to announce a new feature on my blog, commencing next week, called Writers Ask Writers. Myself and a group of five…
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Reading Round-Up: March 2013
March was a bumper reading month for me. I not only read a lot more than I usually do but I read more…
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Friday Faves: The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Each week I invite someone bookish to tell us about one of their all-time favourite works of fiction, and why it’s so special…
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