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I was lucky to have lived a mere two-mile walk from our local library in the Dublin suburb of Drumcondra. This was one of four libraries built between 1935 - 1940 by Dublin Corporation. All four were designed in this Art Deco style by Scottish architect, Robert Sorley...

Fleet Pond is the inspiration for Murder at Waldenmere Lake. It’s Hampshire’s largest freshwater lake and a Site of Special Scientific Interest that encompasses reedbeds, marshes, heathland and woodland. Thanks to these varied habitats, the pond is home to a diverse...

Why My Heart is in the Highlands — Debbie Young When I first visited the Highlands in 2000, with my new Scottish boyfriend, I couldn’t understand how at the age of 19 he had torn himself away from such a beautiful country to live in England. Although he came from...

When I embarked on writing Finding Love at Roseford Blooms, I knew I wanted to focus on a character who’d played a supporting role for the first two Roseford novels. It was time for Simon Treloar to shine! As he is a firm fan favourite, I was looking forward to...

Read Fenella J. Miller's brand new novel A Wartime Reunion at Goodwill House is out today!: https://mybook.to/wartimereunionsocial The Royal Air Force was originally part of the Army and Navy and when it was formed in April 1918 Britain was the first country in the...

I am always thinking about what happens to stop people from being in love, or taking the plunge with telling someone they want to be with them. Too many times, the stories are heartbreaking. Soldiers go off to war, never telling the one they love how they felt before...

Land Girls at Harvest Time Att the end of July clocks were moved forward two hours to allow as much light as possible to gather in the crops. The girls and the remaining farmhands and farmer work from dawn till dusk. They couldn’t risk any of the precious grain been...

One thing I’ve tried to do in my books is to represent the communities where my stories are set. Across the first six books in the Cornish Midwives series, I’ve written about the different forms families come in and diversity in terms of ethnicity, culture, age,...

A letter from Erin Litteken, internationally bestselling author of The Memory Keeper of Kyiv 🇺🇦 Today marks one year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In that time, countless war crimes have been committed. Thousands of Ukrainian children have...