by jenna | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” – Martin Buber For me, Japan is a land of secrets. Tiny bars hidden down lantern-lit alleys. A Michelin star ramen shop in a seemingly abandoned shopping mall. Ancient temples...
by jenna | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Women at Cambridge University The 1914 parts of The House at River’s Edge revolve around two women, Grace and Winn, who have attended Girton College in Cambridge. In 1914 women could attend one of two colleges, Girton or Newnham, and were able to sit the Tripos...
by jenna | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Oscar the Dog In my Armstrong and Oscar murder mysteries, there are two main protagonists – a man and a dog, dan and Oscar. Oscar is my homage to Merlin, our old black Labrador. He was without doubt (and I totally refuse to accept any argument on this) the...
by Nia Beynon | May 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Holly Manktelow Q&A extract, April 2023. Holly, a teacher from Eastbourne, swam the Channel in August 2022 (in 17 hours 22 minutes) while raising money for The Youth Counselling Project in Seaford, East Sussex. I interviewed her before I started writing The Swim....
by Niamh Wallace | Apr 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m thrilled to tell you a little about This Thing Called Love and introduce some of the themes. As in my other books, nature is a part of the story – in this case, a beautiful arboretum set in the English South Downs that’s home to rare species of trees and with...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Part of my latest novel, The House of Lost Whispers, follows the fictional Fairchild family who, in 1914, have four sons, three of whom will ultimately be involved in WW1. As a mother of four young men currently aged between 20 and 23 (yes, there’s a set of twins in...
