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From wannabe writer to published author (and everything in between) by Roxie Key

July 3, 2024

Roxie key tells us all about her experience publishing her debut novel The Deadly Spark. How I wrote my debut … Continued

June 15, 2023

Georgina Moore tells the story behind her journey to becoming an author and the inspiration for her debut novel The

September 2, 2022

Tracey Lien, author of the unmissable and compelling debut All That’s Left Unsaid, joins us to discuss the inspiration and motive

July 11, 2022

Jennifer Moore’s debut novel The Woman Before is an addictive, atmospheric psychological thriller about a mysterious woman and house of

March 15, 2022

Author of Breakneck Point T. Orr Munro joins us to introduce her fierce, feisty and formidable new protagonist CSI Ally

August 25, 2021

As author Sarah Clarke looks forward to the publication of her debut novel A Mother Never Lies, she reflects on

April 22, 2021

Read an extract of Dial A for Aunties, Jesse Sutanto’s hilarious and highly original debut novel, shortlisted for the Comedy

February 15, 2021

Prologue 6.44 a.m. Greenwich Pier, low tide, and Maxwell Perkins is walking his dog on the riverbank. He’s not expecting

January 11, 2021

The drinks are flowing. The music is playing. But the party can’t last… To celebrate the paperback publication of This

October 26, 2020

To celebrate the upcoming release of The Illustrated Child by Polly Crosby, out this thursday, Polly is on the blog

May 4, 2020

My life as a debut author… On Friday 27th March, an article appeared in the local newspaper about the publication