by Nia Beynon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
My latest historical novel, At The Stroke of Midnight, is a spin on that wonderful 90s classic film – Groundhog Day. We’ve all seen it – Bill Murray’s character is forced to live the same day over and over, with thought-provoking and amusing consequences. There have...
by Niamh Wallace | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I decided to include coercive control in my new novel A Good Enough Mother – albeit only as part of the background – I knew I had to be careful, and respectful. I’m grateful to say I’ve never endured anything like this, and there’s nothing worse than a writer...
by Nia Beynon | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
(Please note this post contains spoilers of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.) The Other Wife was inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s gothic novel Rebecca, published in 1938. Rebecca is one of my all-time favourites, as is Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847) and the prequel...
by Niamh Wallace | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Come Rain or Shine by Sarah Bennett is out today! 🐰🌷 Writers take inspiration from lots of places. A piece of art, a picture or post that catches your eye as you scroll through social media. A TV show or a song perhaps. The backstory for my heroine in Come Rain or...
by Claire | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
This year sees the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) celebrating two hundred years of lifesaving thanks to the passion of one man who wanted change. Sir William Hillary lived in Douglas on the Isle of Man and, over the years, had helped save lives from many...
by Nia Beynon | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
In Murder at Merewood Hospital, Sister Helen Hopgood is the last nurse in a temporary military hospital that must close – even though casualties remain. At the start of the Great War, Helen left behind the comfort of her nursing quarters at the Nightingale School in...