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Can you tell us about the inspiration behind Call Me Zebra? I started working on the novel in 2010, when I received a Fulbright Fellowship to Barcelona to study the work of the 20th Century Catalan writer Josep Pla. I had lived in a remote town on the coast of Valencia as a child and then again as a teenager; my family had settled there immediately after leaving Iran as a result of the 1979 Revolu…
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The first two books in Dominique Demers’s popular Adventure of Miss Charlotte series: The New Teacher and The Mysterious Librarian Brilliantly illustrated by Tony Ross, these are entertaining, imaginative and inspiring books – you won’t be able to finish The New Teacher without wishing you had a teacher just like Miss Charlotte, and The Mysterious Librarian is a wonderful story about the ma…
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Competition closed Belle and Sébastien Cécile Aubry Illustrated by Helen Stephens Translated by Gregory Norminton The son of a gypsy woman, Sébastien is found as a newborn baby in the Alps and brought up by César and his grandchildren Angélina and Jean. Born on the same day, Belle is a beautiful white Pyrenean Mountain Dog who has been neglected and passed on from owner to owner, until one day she…
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To celebrate the release of Jack Fortune and the Search for the Hidden Valley, we caught up with Sue Purkiss to find out a little about what went on behind the scenes… Q. How old were you when you first started writing? My first book was published in 2003, when I was 52. I’ve written bits and pieces ever since I was a child, but I didn’t ever think I could be a “proper” writer until I did a…
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To celebrate the release of The Porridge plot, we caught up with Che Golden to find out a little about what went on behind the scenes… Q. How old were you when you first started writing? I was quite young – about six, I think. My first book was called The Book of Things, and I basically drew and described all my favourite things and made a little book out of them. Q. What was the inspiratio…
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To celebrate Mary Wollstonecraft’s birthday, we caught up with Bee Rowlatt, author of In Search of Mary. 1) When was the first time you heard about Mary Wollstonecraft? I first read her Scandinavian Travels when I was a literature student, before I knew anything about her astonishing political and philosophical legacy. The image of her writing a travelogue whilst at sea on a treasure hunt, with a…
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To celebrate the release of The South in Winter, Peter Benson’s latest novel, we’ve been chatting to him; check out the interview below! We’ve also got 50% off the latest two books – scroll down to find out more… Q. How old were you when you first started writing? I was about eleven. I used to write short stories and plays, and once I’d started, I knew I’d found my vocation. Q. What was the inspir…
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Dominique Demers is a French-Canadian, award-winning and best-selling author who has published over 50 books for children and adults alike. She is perhaps best known in her native Montreal for her children’s books, and especially the Miss Charlotte series, which chronicles the adventures of an eccentric lady who brings her own twist to various occupations. The Mysterious Librarian is the exciting…
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To celebrate the release of The Lost Book of the Grail, Charlie Lovett’s latest novel, our friends over at NewBooks have been chatting to him; check out the interview below! We’ve also got 50% off all three of his novels – scroll down to find out more… Q. An important aspect of your writing which has become very evident in your first two novels is your love for books and book collecting. How has t…
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