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Talking The Fifth Guest

The brilliant Alice Clark-Platts invited me onto The Book Ship to talk about The Fifth Guest and to pick my favourite book for us to discuss. I chose the entire Judy Blume backlist because I couldn’t single one out! Here’s the video of us chatting all things books, plots, characters and of course the geniusContinue reading “Talking The Fifth Guest”

Loads of news today!

For all those who were waiting with baited breath to see if anything grew in my new little garden, you’ll be VERY excited to find out that it did! There are flowers everywhere and I water them with a constant panicked watchful eye. More pics below. Secondly, The House We Called Home, my brand-newContinue reading “Loads of news today! “

Help! I’m addicted to La La Land…

Oh god, I bought the really expensive bag. (See previous post.) It was a direct result of La La Land. I needed something to counter the freewheeling filmic comedown. As a cinema experience La La Land was one unlike very few previously. I had no desire to make a witty whispered aside, glance around inContinue reading “Help! I’m addicted to La La Land…”

Feeling the reading fear and doing it anyway!

The new year is well under way. I can’t hide from it any longer pretending it’s still justifiably Christmas. I’m back at work, scribbling messily in a new notebook imagining a time when I’ll look back on these scribbles and laugh at who I naively thought these characters were going to be! But you’ve gotContinue reading “Feeling the reading fear and doing it anyway!”

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes…

Here’s the Pinterest board for The Sunshine and Biscotti Club. If you’ve read it then enjoy seeing where the inspiration came from. If you haven’t read it, well I hope it will inspire you to dash out as fast as you can to buy a copy! Otherwise, just indulge in all the beautiful images ofContinue reading “Take a sneak peek behind the scenes…”

Why I love The Sunshine and Biscotti Club (which is out now, incidentally) …

The Hotel Limoncello, owned by Libby and venue for The Sunshine and Biscotti Club, stands alongside the tranquil blue waters of a stunning Italian lake. Fringed with lemon groves and pine trees, it’s picture perfect and the best place to cool off when the sun gets that little bit too hot. The inspiration behind it?Continue reading “Why I love The Sunshine and Biscotti Club (which is out now, incidentally) …”