Gransnet and HQ launch writing competition

Are You Talking To Me? Gransnet and HQ have partnered to launch a writing competition for women fiction writers over the age of 40 writing about a leading character aged over 40. Five shortlisted writers will receive editorial feedback, with the overall winner being offered a publishing contract with HQ. Read More

8 signs you’re in a Toxic Friendship

We hear a lot about romantic relationships turned toxic, but how do we know when our friendships turn sour? Author Mel McGrath, quite literally wrote the book, The Guilty Party: a tale of toxic friendship gone terribly wrong. On a night out, four friends witness a… Read More

Laura Ziepe chats about The Morning After The Wedding Before

Wedding season is well and truly underway! To mark the occasion we’ve been chatting to Laura Ziepe about honeymoons, hen parties and everything in between. Her new book The Morning After The Wedding Before covers all of these topics and more! Read on to discover Laura’s answers to some… Read More

Writing Through Grief

By Katy Collins, author of How To Say Goodbye The often quoted rule of ‘write what you know’ is something many authors (myself included) adhere to. I wrote the Lonely Hearts Travel Club series as a way to process what I’d been through after being jilted at the altar and… Read More

WIN a weekend getaway in Cornwall

To celebrate the publication of Liz Fenwick’s new novel, The Path to the Sea, Good Housekeeping are offering one lucky winner the chance to have a long weekend stay at The Lodge, with up to five of their friends, in the grounds of the beautiful Porthpean House… Read More

Love for the Island

Bestselling author Ross Armstrong tells us why there’s very little on television at the moment that he finds more revealing, more extreme and ridiculous, more hilarious, and more human, than Love Island. Read More

BOSH wins at the The British Book Awards 2019

To celebrate BOSH winning two awards, we’re treating you to BOSH’s delicious spiral tart recipe as features in the award-winning BOSH cookbook. Looking to impress your guests at a summer dinner party? This is your dish. Read More

Swarm – an extract from The Honey Bus, by Meredith May

"I was pouring Grandpa’s honey over my corn bread when he came out of the kitchen with that sly smile that said we’d have to let our breakfast go cold again. I was ten, and had been catching swarms with him for almost half my life, so I knew what was coming next." Read More

Dreaming of adventure?

We asked Rebecca Raison, best selling romance author, about her inspiration for her latest rom-com eBook, Rosie's Travelling Teashop. Read More

Spot the bluebells with Sarah Bennett, author of Spring Skies Over Bluebell Castle

"Bluebells are such a quintessential part of the British countryside, and I knew it was a place I could draw the reader into with just a few descriptive words." Read More