I loved the idea of William Boyd’s new novel, Sweet Caress. Who doesn’t look at a ‘found photo’ and wonder about the person pictured? And as for the idea of novel that charts the century through the eyes of a single photographer? Lartique got there first with his Album of a Century. Opening the book for…
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This week on Virtual Book Club, I’m handing the reins over to Rebecca Lombardo, as hers is a story best told firsthand. Rebecca is an author and mental health advocate. She lives in a suburb of Michigan with her husband, Joseph, and five cats. She has three brothers and one sister.  In 1992, at the…
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My love affair with books began at an early age. (I have to be honest, it was the illustrations I adored). From my teens onwards, once I discovered a favourite author, I tended to buy everything they’d written. My bookshelves are crammed with sets of novels. When I began writing, it was my aim to…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Kathy Shuker to Virtual Book Club, an interview series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. Kathy was born and raised in the north west of England. She trained as a physiotherapist but soon had to give the work up due to a back injury. Subsequently…
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Today I’m delighted to welcome Ian Andrew to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Born in Northern Ireland, Ian Andrew joined the Royal Air Force at 18 as an aircraft technician. Subsequently Commissioned as an Intelligence Officer he served…
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Today I’m delighted to welcome Jan Ruth to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Jan lives in Snowdonia, North Wales, UK. This ancient, romantic landscape is a perfect setting for Jan’s fiction, or simply daydreaming in the heather. Jan writes…
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Today I’m delighted to welcome George Polley to Virtual Book Club, a series of interviews in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. George was born in Santa Barbara, California and raised in Seattle, Washington. Early in 2008, he and his wife moved to Sapporo, Japan so that…
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Today on Virtual Book Club, it’s my turn. Last week I was asked the question, ‘If you could have a relationship with any one of your characters, who would it be?’ It seems like a simple question, but it set me thinking. St Mary’s Church in Beddington is normally locked on a Thursday lunchtime, but…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Colleen Mills to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. Earlier this year, I was extremely privileged to receive an advance copy…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome JD Smith to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If there’s anything else you’d like to know, you’ll have the opportunity to post your questions at the end. To the world of all things design and literary she is JD…
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