Tag Archives: On reading

Today, I’m delighted to welcome Anna Castle to Virtual Book Club, an interview series in which I put questions to authors about the books they would like your book clubs to read. If you’d like to pose a question, you’ll have the opportunity to do so at the end. (And there’s also a giveaway to…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Amna K. Boheim Virtual Book Club, an interview series in which I put questions to authors about their latest releases. If you’d like to pose a question, you’ll have the opportunity to do so at the end. (There’s also a giveaway to look forward to!) Amna K. Boheim worked in…
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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, I’m delighted to welcome Lorraine Devon Wilke 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. Lorraine Devon Wilke – writer, photographer, singer and songwriter – started…
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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Betsy Talbot 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. Betsy Talbot is a 40-something traveller and author. When she’s not travelling…
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When we produced Outside the Box: Women Writing Women, we asked readers to take a risk. To step outside their comfort zones and try something new. An author or a genre they hadn’t experimented with in the past. This was no small ask. As Will Gompertz, arts editor for the BBC pointed out earlier this…
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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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Today, I’m delighted to welcome Bobbie Darbyshire back to my blog, shortly after the release of her third novel, Oz. I interviewed novelist Bobbie Darbyshire on this blog in May 2014 about her writing and reading habits and her tips for aspiring writers. The tip I liked best was, ‘Write fearlessly; banish the worried ghost of…
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Goodreads would like to know what I am currently reading. Well, Goodreads, the book I’m currently reading is A Funeral for an Owl by Jane Davis. When there are so many choices of reading material, and my to-read pile is toppling, why should I revisit my own books with a fresh eye? Once I have published, shouldn’t I just move on? You might argue…
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With a few weekday afternoons on my hands, one of the things that I really enjoy doing is attending recordings of James Naughtie’s Bookclub at the BBC. For the price of a book and a train ticket, you are given something quite priceless: the opportunity to be part of an select studio audience and put your questions directly to the…
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