
We're too distracted for Game of Thrones
A few things are on my mind right now: Game of Thrones; the bloodless civil war of irreconcilable differences dividing our countries;...

Whoo-hooo! MNDA gets £2000 from our Insights Fundraiser
Our book launch with Tracy Chevalier hosting a panel discussion raised some dosh for MNDA and we couldn't be more pleased. It was an int

Insights: Our Book Launch
We had the pleasure of hosting an event on Saturday December 1st, featuring renowned author Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring), and

Beauty is in the Hand of the Book Holder
Publishing changes the way I read. I’m reading Haruki Murakami’s Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, a dreamy...
5 Must-Read Political Thrillers of 2018
You could read the paper but that's too depressing and just plain overwhelming. Istead, shoot your politics through a prism of a page-tu

The Power of a Voice to Change a Character
So here’s something I hadn’t considered: the anti-hero of my young adult novel might be a little too anti and not enough hero-y. When I...

Nobel Literature Prize Cancelled Following Academy’s #MeToo Scandal
The Nobel Prize in Literature will not be awarded this year amidst the academy’s sexual assault allegations against the organisation that...

5 Things about Genre Writing that No Publishing Company Tells You
You’ve already read all the how-to articles. As in, how to get an agent. How to get a publishing contract. How to write a page-turner....