by Claire | Sep 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Twenty-two years ago when we arrived in France with two bikes, a dog and very little else, we had no idea it was the life changing event that it turned out to be. For us moving to France, was more a case of falling Into a French dream rather than, Falling for a French...
by Claire | Sep 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
In ‘A Christmas Wedding in the Cotswolds’ Immi Tolliman has six months to plan her wedding. But she also has six months to organise a fund raiser to build a children’s playground in Aysbury, a small village close to the lock and adjoining marina. This Christmas they...
by Claire | Aug 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
The setting for my latest novel Lil’s Bus Trip is a special one for me. Lil, the main protagonist, takes the ferry from Southampton and, with her daughter Cassie, her friend Maggie and a minibus load of other people from the local pub, she travels through Normandy, to...
by Claire | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Writing We Belong Together in the pandemic might explain the main character Eleanor’s desire to create a retreat for people to escape the stress and strain of day to day life. I absolutely loved writing about the Damson Farm retreat because creating opportunities for...
by Claire | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
75g wholemeal self-raising flour 75g ground almonds 150g sugar 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp cinnamon 150g melted butter 2 eggs 2/3 apples Icing sugar for dusting Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F Grease and line a deep round cake tin with baking parchment Mix the dry...
by Claire | Aug 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
My new book, In Just One Day, is set partly in one of my favourite Italian cities, Venice. I first visited as a teenager, one of our stops on an inter-railing tour across Italy and France. I remember walking the streets of this floating city hoping that one day I...
