by Nia Beynon | Apr 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Like many writers, I draw on my experiences to create the worlds in my books, but never so deeply or personally as I did with my latest book, The Sweet Shop of Second Chances. Not only is Bourton-on-the-Water, the village where the story takes place, a real location,...
by jenna | Apr 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Corfu – a love story! So many of my novels are set on the gorgeous Greek island of Corfu where I have a home. From my very first holiday to the village of Kassiopi, through years of visiting the Mareblue Beach Hotel in Agios Spyridon, to finally buying my own house,...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
It was probably inevitable that one day I would write a series set on a farm or small holding, because I grew up in the countryside, six miles from the nearest town, surrounded by farmland, on a few acres of land where my parents built their own home. We were always...
by Nia Beynon | Apr 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
During both world wars, the YMCA provided a warm welcome and recreational activities for forces and civilians alike. Within ten days of the declaration of World War, one 250 huts sprang up all over the United Kingdom for this purpose and went on to establish temporary...
by jenna | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Donovan Cook’s Top 5 Non-Fiction Viking Reading Recommendations The Viking Anthology by Bibliotech This book is a treasure trove of Norse mythology and Icelandic Sagas. It contains all of the sagas written by Snorri Sturluson and the Icelandic Sagas and it...
by jenna | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Book number 3 in the Armstrong and Oscar cozy crime series is set in and around the incomparable city of Florence. If you look on the map, you’ll see that Florence is quite near the top of the boot (if you think of Italy as looking like a boot) and it is...
