by Nia Beynon | Jan 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Thames barge being flat bottomed could sail in rivers and shallow waters that bigger crafts couldn’t. They had no keel but lee boards which could be raised and lowered to give stability when out to sea. They had a vast quantity of rust red sails which when raised...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! In my mid-twenties I lived opposite a small community theatre and art centre. One day I noticed a sign up outside with the tantalising words Learn Stained Glass in a Day. I thought to myself,...
by Niamh Wallace | Jan 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape by Kate Galley is out now 💚 Get your copy! When I decided to set The Old Girls’ Chateau Escape in the south of France I spent quite a bit of time researching Aix-en-Provence and the subtle light there that inspired many French...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
I often find that it’s when I take a break from writing that the ideas start to flow, and that’s definitely what happened with The Many Futures of Maddy Hart. A few years ago, I’d taken a couple of days off and gone to Nottingham alone to relax and read and do some...
by Nia Beynon | Jan 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
In The House of Echoes my Tudor heroine is Anne Brandon, Baroness Grey. She has been forgotten by history but she was at the heart of the Tudor court at one of its most volatile periods. During her lifetime, Anne witnessed all six of Henry VIII’s wives be raised high...
by jenna | Jan 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Do you want to join The Fecking Fabulous Forties Club? NB: You don’t have to be in your forties – if you feel it looming large, or you’ve come out the other end and still standing, then come sit at our table. Bring wine. And paracetamol for the morning after....
