Blogs in August 2022

With bare feet and sandy toes: Growing up in Australia in the 1960s and 70s 6th August 2022

Does looking back help you move forward? Not always. But, like Catherine’s first two memoirs, writing With bare feet and sandy toes: Growing up in Australia in the 1960s and 70s, came at the right time for her after...

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Dickens and Travel: The Start of Modern Travel Writing 30th July 2022

From childhood, Charles Dickens was fascinated by tales from other countries and other cultures, and he longed to see the world. In Dickens and Travel, Lucinda Hawksley looks at the journeys made by the author – who is also...

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Mad, Bad and Dead 21st July 2022

A dead employee. A missing child. Anonymous phone calls in the dead of night. Judi Westerholme’s troubles aren’t over yet… Already struggling to juggle co-running the local pub along with her new childcare responsibilities for her orphaned niece, Judi...

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Island Time 18th July 2022

Love is in the salty sea air in this smart and steamy ensemble romantic comedy set in a tropical paradise, from the author of the “sparkly and entertaining” (Oprah Daily) It Had to Be You. This is one island...

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No Country For Girls 15th July 2022

GOLD. THEFT. MURDER. A ROAD TRIP TO DIE FOR. ‘An unrelenting page-turner’ CHRIS WHITAKER, author of WE BEGIN AT THE END ‘Thrilling . . . It left me breathless’ ALEX MARWOOD, author of THE WICKED GIRLS ‘Relevant, powerful and...

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