Father’s Day BOSH! Banana Pancakes Recipe

This is a wonderful easy-to-prepare breakfast for those mornings when you are looking for something delicious and impressive to start your day. Experiment with toppings, but if you make sure there is plenty of fruit it counts as one of your five (or ten) a day! SERVES 2 1½ ripe… Read More

What We’re Reading: In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer

This week for What We’re Reading, Audio Editor Rebecca Fortuin tells us all about what’s at the top of her listening list right now – In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer.    What’s it about?  In Search Of Black History with Bonnie Greer brings you face-to-face… Read More

How Writing is Keeping Me Sane

Ahead of this week’s live book club event, author Phoebe Morgan tells us all about how writing is keeping her sane during lockdown.   Hello everyone, it’s lovely to be part of the HQ Book Club! I’m writing this at my kitchen table, where I basically spend 90 per… Read More

Pre-order a copy of THE STORM for the chance to win some Cornish treats!

Pre-order a copy of The Storm for the chance to win a gorgeous set of ocean themed mugs and a Cornish afternoon clotted cream tea deluxe hamper! To celebrate the chilling, twisty and completely absorbing new novel from Amanda Jennings, we are giving you the chance to win some… Read More

What We’re Reading: I Am Not Your Baby Mother – Candice Brathwaite

We’re delighted to be introducing a brand new feature to our blog called What We’re Reading! We are asking a member of the HQ team to highlight a book they are currently reading or have read recently and to share their opinion with us. First… Read More

Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? Inspiration for The Summer We Ran Away

Sometimes, the best holidays, when you can’t go on holiday, are the ones in your memory. One of my all-time favourite trips away was to the French island of Noirmoutier. My son was really tiny and going anywhere without a carload of baby things seemed impossible. A friend told me… Read More

Try Phyllis Grant’s recipe for Grandma’s Fudgy Icebox Brownies!

Roll, spin, quick flip, flour, exhale. To celebrate the publication of Everything is Under Control we’re sharing this delicious recipe for Grandma’s Fudgy Icebox Brownies with you!   GRANDMA’S FUDGY ICEBOX BROWNIES makes about 40 small servings These are adapted from a recipe… Read More

Discover A Fatal Truth and win luxury Montezuma chocolate!

To celebrate the publication of Faith Martin’s latest gripping read, we’re giving 5 lucky winners the chance to each win 5 luxury bars of Montezuma chocolate! All you have to do is tell us the names of the detectives in A Fatal Truth…  Enter the… Read More

Escape with Aria and win luxury French-themed biscuits!

To celebrate the paperback publication of Aria’s Travelling Book Shop, we’re giving you the chance to win this luxury selection of biscuits from Biscuiteers. All you have to do is tell us where you’d go if you had Aria’s camper van! Enter the competition here:… Read More

Diversify: How to challenge inequality, and why we should

‘Nothing changes if we do nothing or do what we’ve always done. All of us who want a better environment inside and outside our homes are going to have to work for it if we want to see progress. Tutting and shaking our heads at the TV just won’t cut… Read More

Celebrating an unusual Pride Month with Robin Talley

Well, I can officially say this is the first Pride that I’ll be marking quite like this. Usually, Pride month is a time for community, of the non-virtual variety. Whether it’s at a jubilant parade, a small gathering of friends, or a massive party, Pride is about coming together. It’s… Read More

Try gangland fiction with Kerry Barnes!

Never tried gangland fiction before? Now’s your chance! Check out this extract from The Rules, the second installment in Kerry Barnes’ explosive gangland series, below!   Do you live by the rules, or die by them?   Detective Lowry hurried down the corridor to the end room of the burns… Read More