Memoir

How to be staunch

Following the paperback release of her memoir Staunch, we are so happy to have author Eleanor Wood on the blog with some tips on how you, too, can become more staunch. How To Be Staunch When I was younger, I wanted to be cool,… Read More

Youthful Not Young

To celebrate the publication of her memoir Good Grief, written with daughter Catherine Mayer, Anne Mayer Bird reflects on the events of recent years – including the experience of widowhood – and looks ahead to 2022. When I published my first book at the age of 87, the… Read More

Good Grief: Anne’s Letter to John 16/06/21

In her most recent letter to her late husband, John, co-author of Good Grief, Anne Mayer Bird comes to terms with the pain he must have suffered through in his final years and how things have continued to evolve in the world over the last few… Read More

Good Grief: Anne’s Letter to John 01/02/21

Anniversaries can stir up so many emotions and reminders of time passing by. In a new letter written to her late husband John, co-author of Good Grief Anne Mayer Bird writes about the one-year anniversary of her son-in-law Andy Gill’s passing and how the world continues to change. 1 February… Read More

Age and Ageism with Anne Mayer Bird

Age is on many minds at the moment; it’s everywhere we look. Anne Mayer Bird, co-author of Good Grief, discusses age and ageism in life today compared to a year ago.   AGE AND AGEISM I just got home from my second Covid vaccine injection. The very… Read More

A Place for Everything with Anna Wilson

We are delighted that Anna Wilson is here on the blog to talk about her acclaimed, moving and honest memoir A Place for Everything out 9th July. In this video, Anna discusses the process of writing about her mother and reads an extract from the book. Enjoy!    … 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