by Nia Beynon | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Under One Roof was inspired by a tweet, someone had bought a house and found a hidden room. Twitter was fascinated. People were desperate to know what was inside. It made me want to research rooms that people have found and led me to imagine discovering one myself,...
by Nia Beynon | Feb 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In my latest novel A Mother’s Secret, one of the main characters Helena O’Herlihy makes a shocking discovery about her husband and needs to take a little time out from her problems so she leaves Dublin and escapes to Ballycladdagh in the west of Ireland which is the...
by Nia Beynon | Feb 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Vivienne, Mary and Gwen leave London desperate to explore some of the distant and beautiful locations of the UK. They travel to Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, then to Wales and north to Whitby. The road trip allows them the chance to develop...
by Nia Beynon | Feb 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Maggie is eighteen now and she has a burning ambition to follow in Granny Peggy’s footsteps and run the Pig & Whistle – but she has lots of new ideas for the future. Maggie wants to introduce a more modern menu and to liven the atmosphere. Peggy isn’t sure it...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
I collect Victorian diaries and journals, written mainly by women who have arrived in Australia after leaving England, but also by women born in colonial Australia. These diaries are brilliant when I’m writing a story set in colonial Australia and they give me an...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Primary sources, I feel, are a writer’s best friend, especially for a historical writer as I am. When researching, it is not always possible to visit your chosen setting, but if you can visit, make sure you don’t simply go to the main attractions, like a...
