I’m a huge fan of Quick Reads , the “bite-size” books that aim to get more people reading.  Around one in six adults...

Over the past week, I’ve collected some brilliant tips on how to write from novelists at the top of their game. Jill Mansell says she doe...

It’s all very well having a stack of ideas, but how on earth do you carve out the time and space to get cracking with your book? After hea...

Hail, sunshine, a myriad of the nation’s top authors and some delicious cakes – the inaugural Chipping Norton Literary Festival had all thes...

With Christmas exactly eight days away there are still presents to buy, food to organise and a snowboarding course to do (no, thankfully not...