The sun has been shining all over the UK, daffodils are blooming, lambs are leaping, and we’ve been told that covid is officially ‘over’ with all restrictions lifted. I for one won’t miss seeing the new form of litter; discarded face masks...
Earlier this year, I was on holiday in Yorkshire and my hubby had gone off to the bike shop leaving me to wander around the shops. Some time later I was browsing at the back of a book shop, picking up delights, when I heard his familiar voice. “Caroline in a...
March: Spring into action. Despite the gloomy state of the world – or maybe because of it? – it’s time to put on a brave face and march forward to a new and exciting writing future. This is much the same message as I made this time last year when I...
Oh my, we are entering dark times. This does not look good. And I have to wonder, which books has Putin read? I think you can tell a lot about a person from their books, or whether in fact, they read at all. At the 2018 Edinburgh book festival we attended an event...
Should you avow never to work with children or animals? This month’s blog featured my top ten books with an animal protagonist. It’s almost a given that books for young children feature talking animal protogonists, but I was interested in writing about...
Children’s books are full of animal narrators or animal protagonists, but it occurred to me that adult readers do also enjoy books about animals or even – dare I say it – books narrated by animals? So this blog is not about books for children –...
