by Nia Beynon | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Growing up with both English and Italian family, I’ve always been fascinated by how each side of my family, living in different countries, do all sorts of things so differently. For me, at home, my two cultures have always been blended into one, but it’s fun to look...
by Nia Beynon | Jun 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Phoebe Dashwood, the New Forest vet in my Puddleduck Farm series, has a Dalmatian called Roxie, who features quite a lot in Happy Ever After At Puddleduck Farm. She’s also in the previous book in the series, Living The Dream at Puddleduck Farm. So I thought it was...
by Nia Beynon | Jun 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen This song is crucial, because it kickstarted the entire novel. I wrote a short story based on it years ago, and then decided to expand it and it turned into Nobody’s Wife. It even gave me the book’s title. Most pertinent lines:...
by Nia Beynon | Jun 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I was in my early twenties, Famous Blue Raincoat by Leonard Cohen was my favourite song. I’m forty-four now, and it still is. Back then, I was doing an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University, and I wrote a short story titled After His Body Was Burned,...
by Nia Beynon | May 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Stepping into the ice-cold waters surrounding Donegal in the North West of Ireland in March is not for the faint-hearted, but it is worth it. In 2022 amid a stressful year of parenting and work, coupled with moving house and sliding deeper into menopause, it was...
