Tag Archives: behind the book

Today, I’m delighted to welcome A M Cridland to Virtual Book Club, a series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases and their writing lives. Don’t forget that if there’s anything you would like to know, you’ll have the opportunity at the end. Antonia is a keen artist with a love of…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Josa Young to my blog. Josa was born in Kent, England. She couldn’t read until she was seven due to spending all her time outside, and then proceeded to devour libraries of novels when forced to come indoors to be educated. She studied English Literature at Cambridge, and had a…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Amanda Sington-Williams to my blog. Amanda lives in Brighton and writes short stories and novels. Her inspiration comes from travelling and other authors such as Emily Barr, Ian McEwan and Margaret Attwood. She comes from a family of writers. Her cousin, Derrick Sington was renowned for his post war non-fiction work,…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Molly Gambiza to my blog. As a young girl in Uganda, Molly knew she wanted to see the world so, when an opportunity arose to work as a nanny in England, she jumped at the chance. She arrived in the United Kingdom speaking only a little English and taught herself…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Sharon Black to my blog. Sharon grew up in Dublin. She studied history and politics at University College Dublin and then did post-graduate in journalism at Dublin City University. She has worked for national newspapers, including The Evening Herald and The Irish Examiner.  She had short stories published in U…
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This is a very different type of interview for me. It is the first time that I have approached an author as a fan. I was absolutely delighted when J. W. Ironmonger replied and agreed to be featured on my blog. The Coincidence Authority is the first novel that I have read for some time…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Kristin Gleeson to my blog. Originally from Philadelphia, Kristin is married to a Cornishman and lives in the West Cork Gaeltacht of Ireland, where she teaches art classes, plays harp, sings in an Irish choir and runs two book clubs for the village library.   She holds a Masters in Library…
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I’m delighted to welcome Roz Morris back to my blog. Roz has published nearly a dozen novels and achieved sales of more than 4 million copies – but nobody saw her name because she was a ghostwriter. She is now proudly self publishing as herself with two acclaimed literary novels My Memories of a Future Life…
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Yesterday I joined a discussion in a forum for a group of self-confessed book lovers. An on-line book club, if you like. One member commented that she had noticed a steep hike in the cost of ebooks and didn’t understood the reason for it. Others rushed to agree. Time for a little clarification: (1)    Ebooks…
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The January VAT hike for digital products has been tough. For writers, there was a stark choice: either take a 17% hit on income or pass the increase onto readers. In search of a way to redress the balance, I didn’t need to go any further than the aisles of my local supermarket – 3…
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