Authors

Rebecca Raisin’s favourite things about Christmas

To celebrate the release of Rebecca Raisin’s new Christmas hilarious romance Flora’s Travelling Christmas Shop, we asked the author to create a list (as he’ll be checking it twice) of her favourite things about Christmas. Read on to feel the Christmas spirit. My… Read More

Christmas Memories with Ruby Basu

In The Twelve Wishes of Christmas, Sharmila gets the chance to experience Christmas for the first time. Writing her story, I often thought about what made the festive period so special for me as a child and what makes it special now with my children. For… Read More

Books that will… guarantee a giggle! 😂

Easy to wrap and always a joy to receive, we think books make the BEST Christmas presents. So if you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift to fill that stocking, you can never go wrong with a brilliant book! Check out some of our fantastic recommendations for books that are… Read More

Katie Ginger’s five reasons why the perfect Christmas gift is always a book!

Not sure whether buying your family ANOTHER book is a good idea? Well here is the blog post you need to read. To celebrate the release of her new heartwarming Christmas romance The Perfect Christmas Gift, Katie Ginger shares her five reasons why the perfect Christmas… Read More

Books that will… fill that stocking! 🎁

Easy to wrap and always a joy to receive, we think books make the BEST Christmas presents. So if you’re looking for the perfect Christmas gift to fill that stocking, you can never go wrong with a brilliant book! Check out some of our fantastic recommendations for books that are… Read More

The Imperfect Art of Baking by Jessica Ryn

Jessica Ryn has joined us on the blog to share a delicious gingerbread recipe like the one Violet Strong – the protagonist in her uplifting new novel The Imperfect Art of Caring – bakes with her mum. Happy baking! ‘Baking, like caring, is an imperfect art’ One of… Read More

Alice Feeney on the inspiration for her novel and book recommendations

Dear Reader, I first had the idea for Rock paper Scissors during a trip to Scotland in 2018. We drove to a remote property in a terrible storm, which they called the Beast from the East. When we finally arrived it was dark, there was no power and our phones didn’t… Read More

Don’t be a kittenfish: 6 dating terms you need to know!

Last Girl Ghosted, the latest gripping psychological thriller from Lisa Unger, is out now! To celebrate, Lisa joins us to teach us the language of (modern!) love… Do you know what breadcrumbing is?! You meet someone through a dating app. And it seems to be going well. You… Read More

Lisa Hall’s inspiration for The Woman in the Woods

Creepy, atmospheric and unnerving, Lisa Hall’s latest book, The Woman in the Woods, will have you hooked and terrified in equal measure this Halloween. Set in a small, sleepy village in Kent, Lisa tells us more about what inspired her to set this supernatural story there…… Read More

Proud To Be: Black History Month 2021

At HQ we are proud to be celebrating and amplifying the voices of our Black and Brown authors all year round, so we are thrilled to see that the official theme of Black History Month 2021 is ‘Proud To Be’, a festival of celebration! This year’s campaign aims to… Read More

R.P. Bolton on ‘not freaking out the neighbours’!

Today we publish the tense and chilling debut thriller The Perfect House by R.P. Bolton! To celebrate, the author shares the real-life inspiration behind this gripping tale… Lovely. There was no other word to describe the couple who had just moved in. And with  two gorgeous boys – one… Read More

Phaedra Patrick on When Your Novel Becomes a Film

Imagine if your dreams could play out on a TV screen where you could watch, freeze frame or rewind them. That’s exactly what having a film adapted from your novel is like. As a child, I used to love settling down to watch a film on Sunday afternoons (I still… Read More