It was a humid, cloudy Saturday in late September and a few years since I was last at the British…
So much has been written about Oscar Wilde. But what about his wife, Constance? It’s wonderful that she has her…
Most of us know Edward Lear as the ‘nonsense poet’, writer of such well-loved gems as ‘The Owl and the…
The autobiography of poet, musician and activist Benjamin Zephaniah is a brilliant read, written in a straightforward style with short…
This is an unusual biography of Mary Shelley, the author best known for Frankenstein and The Last Man. I really…
I thought it would be fun to do an A-Z of my blog (too much time on my hands?) so…
My previous post on writers I’d love to have coffee with was very popular. My blogger friend Ryan stole my…
Do you love writers? Then check out this resource! From Leila Aboulela to Benjamin Zephaniah, this is an A-Z directory…
I’ve had many job interviews over the years. The ones that went badly were sometimes due to me being unprepared…
Do you like thrillers? Then I strongly recommend Kathmandu by Luke Richardson. I was one of his beta readers and…