An Author's Notebook

I hope that you all had a very happy Christmas and I wish you a wonderful New Year! Thank you for reading my blog posts over the past year...

Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Middle Child came back from school a while ago and told me he had some important n...

Which is more important: a mother's love or a life of opportunity? A few weeks ago I went to see the film  Philomena , a true story abou...

People watching:   Neil Nugent, executive chef for Morrisons Gingerbread houses are expected to be BIG this year Every year it ...

In 1403 an enterprising group of booksellers (known as stationers) set up a fraternity of tradesmen. A few hundred years later in 1670, aft...

Tuesday night found me discussing my novel, A Sister for Margot , with a book club from Nettlebed. The prospect of talking about my work wit...