by Nia Beynon | May 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
I was pre-destined to write about the workhouse, particularly the St. Tydfil’s Union Workhouse in Merthyr Tydfil, as I was born there. It was no longer a workhouse by then but one of the town’s busy hospitals. St. Tydfil’s was the hospital I was rushed to when a...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of the questions I’m often asked is whether the storylines and characters in my novels are based on real life people or events. The truth is that most things that happen to me, good or bad, find their way into my writing, and this book was inspired by a true story...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
I’m a great believer in ‘write about what you know’ but I was only a small child during WW2 and the memories of that time are few and far between. I do vaguely remember being bundled up in a siren suit, a Mickey Mouse gas mask slung around my neck and me crying as my...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Plants and herbs have always fascinated me, by enhancing the flavours in our food, from their healing properties – not to mention those amazing perfumes. By soaking a handful of petals from Dad’s rose tree in cold water for a few weeks, I ventured into...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
I have to begin by confessing that my characters tend to control me. I may think I know the general direction in which they are heading, but with every one of my twenty-seven published books, this has never been the case. I’ve given in now – they do what they want,...
