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Read an exclusive extract from Lifesaving for Beginners

Lifesaving for Beginners is the heart-warming and hopeful new novel all about the joys of female friendship and cold-water swimming in the sea from Josie Lloyd, the acclaimed author of The Cancer Ladies’ Running Club. Read an exclusive early extract now! Christmas Day Morning  It’s only… Read More

THE GAME IS ON…

Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST IS IN DANGER.To save them, each must play The Game – a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner.IF YOU LOSE, YOUR LOVED ONE WILL DIE.But… Read More

Why do tales of tricky mother/daughter relationships continue to fascinate us?

We love a good story about a complicated mother/daughter relationship. But why is that? Louise Mumford, author of the new gripping psychological thriller The Safe House explores. Overbearing, controlling, unhinged and selfish – the Bad Mother still dominates our books and films. Examples are Mrs… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from Last Seen Alive

Last Seen Alive, the third novel in Jane Bettany’s page-turning crime series, featuring Detective Isabel Blood, is an unputdownable treat! Read an exclusive extract below. CHAPTER ONE  It was after midnight and the clock in the corner sounded too loud, almost portentous. Tick. Tock. Tick. Counting down… Read More

Carrie Hope Fletcher’s Top Five Meet-Cute Stories

We all love a lovely rom-com where the couple is thrown together in the most wonderful of ways. And in an exclusive piece for the HQ blog, Sunday Times bestselling author Carrie Hope Fletcher tells us about her top five meet-cute stories from some of her favourite novels. Read Carrie’s… Read More

Myleene Klass: How to remember the phonetic alphabet

Myleene Klass’ brand-new book They Don’t Teach This at School is packed full of handy activities that provide you and your children with essential knowledge to tackle everyday challenges – things they didn’t teach you at school! Read on for an extract about how to remember the phonetic alphabet…… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from The Forever House

Escape with a feel-good romance that will warm your heart! Read an exclusive extract from Rachel Dove’s gorgeous new book, The Forever House, available here. CHAPTER ONE  The groom, looking resplendent in a hand-stitched Italian ivory suit, complete with gold waistcoat and elegant gilded cravat, was misty-eyed as he… Read More

Prison Doctor: The Final Sentence by Dr Amanda Brown

Read an exclusive extract from Dr Amanda Brown’s eye-opening new book about the inmates of Huntercombe prison, available here. PROLOGUE HMP HUNTERCOMBE 20 DECEMBER 2013 ‘I’m dead.’ The ‘dead’ man’s name was Kofi Aboah and he was a giant. Over six foot of muscle, but shrinking. I could… Read More

The Little Library on Cherry Lane by Katie Ginger

Read an exclusive extract from author Katie Ginger’s heart-warming new novel, The Little Library on Cherry Lane. ‘So, Miss Martin, this is a bit of an unusual question, but—’ The interviewer leaned forward over the desk. He hadn’t stopped fiddling with the lid of his pen, using his… Read More

How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Neale Hurston

Read Hurston’s seminal essay in this exclusive extract from a new collection of her works, You Don’t Know Us Negroes & Other Essays. HOW IT FEELS TO BE COLORED ME I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I… Read More

With This Kiss by Carrie Hope Fletcher

Read an exclusive extract of With This Kiss, the utterly magical and completely spellbinding novel from Number One Sunday Times best selling author Carrie Hope Fletcher! PROLOGUE How often does death cross your mind? Is it once a year, when you hear of a tragedy that sends you spiralling… Read More

Make it Happen with Amika George

Read an exclusive extract of Make it Happen , the handbook to tackling the biggest issues facing the world, from inspirational activist Amika George. CHOOSE YOUR CAUSE Whatever kind of person you are, you can be an activist. I believe that activism comes in many forms. Refuse to… Read More