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Recent Posts

  • An Academic Question by Barbara Pym – a look at life among a University staff in the 1960s.
  • The Night Lawyer by Alex Churchill – Sophie, young barrister, faces the challenges of contemporary life
  • A Perfect Cornish Summer by Phillipa Ashley – Can Sam concentrate on a Festival in Porthmellow?
  • Jigsaw Island by Lynne McVernon – Can Annie find solutions for herself and so many others?
  • This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart – Adventure for Lucy on a Greek island and more

Authors

  • A.L. Kennedy
  • A.S. Byatt
  • Abi Silver
  • Ada Leverson
  • Adam Roberts
  • Aimee Alexander
  • Alan Bennett
  • Alan Melville
  • Alexander Baron
  • Alexander McCall Smith
  • Alice May
  • Alice Munro
  • Alis Hawkins
  • Alison Morton
  • Alison O'Leary
  • Alison Weir
  • Alix E.Harrow
  • Alix Kelso
  • Amanda Reynolds
  • Amber Reeves
  • Ambrose Parry
  • Amelia Peabody
  • Amy Binns
  • Amy Jones
  • Andrea Levy
  • Andrew Grumbridge & Vincent Raison
  • Andy Griffee
  • Andy Miller
  • Angela Dyson
  • Angela Thirkell
  • Angus Donald
  • Anita Frank
  • Anita Mir
  • Ann Cleeves
  • Ann-Marie Einhaus
  • Anna Hope
  • Anna Mazzola
  • Anna Sayburn Lane
  • Anna Stuart
  • Anne O'Brien
  • Anne Walsh Donnelly
  • Annie Haynes
  • Anthony Quayle
  • Anthony Quinn
  • Anthony Rolls
  • Anthony Trollope
  • Anthony Wynne
  • Anton Du Beke
  • Antonia Fraser
  • Arnold Bennett
  • Audla English
  • Austin Lee
  • B W Black
  • Barbara Erskine
  • Barbara Fox
  • Barbara Kingsolver
  • Barbara Pym
  • Bella Ellis
  • Ben Graff
  • Ben Kane
  • Benedict Kiely
  • Beth Shriver
  • Bill Bryson
  • BJ Rowling & DG Lloyd
  • Brian Stoddart
  • Brian W. Lavery
  • C.H.B. Kitchin
  • C.J. Sansom
  • C.M. Taylor
  • C.R.Berry
  • Candy Denman
  • Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  • Carol Carnac
  • Carol Lovekin
  • Carola Dunn
  • Carola Oman
  • Caroline Roberts
  • Caroline Scott
  • Carolyn Hughes
  • Carolyn Kirby
  • Carolyn O'Brien
  • Cass Grafton
  • Catherine Burns
  • Catherine Taylor
  • Catherine Tinley
  • Cathy Bramley
  • Catriona McPherson
  • Cecily Gayford
  • Cecily Gayford (Editor)
  • Celia Rees
  • Ceri Radford
  • Charles Nevin
  • Charlie Laidlaw
  • Charlot King
  • Chris Cleave
  • Chrissie Bradshaw
  • Christine Raafat
  • Christopher Bush
  • Christopher Fowler
  • Christopher St. John Sprigg
  • Ciara Geraghty
  • Clair Ni Chonghaile
  • Claire Hunter
  • Claire Huston
  • Claire Stibbe
  • Clare Empson
  • Clare Harvey
  • Clare Rhoden
  • Craig Melvin
  • Cynthia Swanson
  • Cyril Hare
  • D.E.Stevenson
  • Daisy Goodwin
  • Daisy Styles
  • Danielle Dutton
  • Daphne du Maurier
  • Dave Hill
  • Dave Holwell
  • David F. Ross
  • David Lodge
  • David Nicholls
  • David Piper
  • David Simmonds
  • Denys Blakeway
  • Diana Holman Hunt
  • Diana Tutton
  • Dizzy Greenfield
  • Dominic Brownlow
  • Donna Douglas
  • Dorothy L. Sayers
  • Dorothy Whipple
  • Douglas Renwick
  • E. Nesbit
  • E.C.R. Lorac
  • E.F. Benson
  • E.M. Channon
  • E.M. Delafield
  • E.R. Punshon
  • Ed Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin
  • Edith Ayrton Zangwill
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  • Edmund Crispin
  • Elaine Cusack
  • Elaine Everest
  • Elisabeth Horan
  • Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Elizabeth Cook
  • Elizabeth Eliot
  • Elizabeth Fair
  • Elizabeth Freemantle
  • Elizabeth Gill
  • Elizabeth Jane Howard
  • Elizabeth Mundy
  • Elizabeth Wilson
  • Ella Matthews
  • Ellen Alpsten
  • Ellen Wilkinson
  • Emily Brand
  • Emily Merrill
  • Emily Midorikawa & Emma Claire Sweeney
  • Emma Cooper
  • Erica James
  • Erin Somers
  • Evelyn Shillington
  • Evelyn Waugh
  • Faith Martin
  • Fliss Chester
  • Flora Thompson
  • Frances Brody
  • Frances Favell
  • Frances McNeil
  • Frances Woodsford
  • Francis Duncan
  • Francis Vivian
  • Fred Majdalany
  • Freeman Wills Crofts
  • Gail Honeyman
  • Gail MacColl & Carol McD.Wallace
  • Gary Barker
  • Gary Santorella
  • George Bellairs
  • George Eliot
  • George R.R. Martin
  • Georgette Heyer
  • Gerald Durrell
  • Gerald O'Donovan
  • Gervase Phinn
  • Gladys Huntingdon
  • Glenda Young
  • Graeme Simsion
  • Graham Pears
  • Graham Swift
  • Greer Macallister
  • Guinevere Glasfurd
  • Gwenda Gofton
  • H
  • H.G.Parry
  • Hamilton Crane
  • Harriet Evans
  • Harriet Rutland
  • Harriet Tyce
  • Hazel Hayes
  • Heather Child
  • Heide Goody and Iain Grant
  • Helen Dunmore
  • Helen Matthews
  • Helen Slavin
  • Helen Whitaker
  • Helena Halme
  • Heron Carvic
  • Hilary Mantel
  • Hina Belitz
  • Hisham Matar
  • Holly Wainwright
  • Howard Jacobson
  • Howard Linskey
  • Ian Knox
  • Ian McEwan
  • Ian Sansom
  • Iona Grey
  • J J Ellis
  • J.B.Priestly
  • J.D.Fennell
  • J.Jefferson Farjeon
  • J.K. Rowling
  • J.L. Carr
  • Jack Sheffield
  • Jackie Carreira
  • Jackie Skingley
  • Jacqueline Winspear
  • Jake Lynch
  • James Essinger
  • James Flint
  • James Oswald
  • James Runcie
  • Jan Struther
  • Jan Turk Petrie
  • Jane Austen
  • Jane Hervey
  • Jane Robinson
  • Janet McNeill
  • Janice Hadlow
  • Jean Fullerton
  • Jean Lucey Pratt
  • Jean McNeil
  • Jeanette Winterson
  • Jenni Fletcher
  • Jennifer Stone
  • Jenny Holmes
  • Jerome K. Jerome
  • Jerome K.Jerome
  • Jessica Duchen
  • Jessica Fellowes
  • Jill Hedges
  • Jill Mansell
  • Jill Paton Walsh
  • Jill Robinson
  • Jo Baker
  • Jo Jackson
  • Jo Thomas
  • Joan Rice
  • Joan Wyndham
  • Joanna Courtney
  • Joanna Hickson
  • Jocelyn Playfair
  • Jodie Jackson
  • Joe Harkness
  • Joe Nutt
  • John Broughton
  • John Buchan
  • John Bude
  • John Dickson Carr
  • John le Carre
  • John Lincoln
  • John Mead
  • John Steinberg
  • Judith O'Reilly
  • Judy and Adrian Reith
  • Jules Hayes
  • Jules Verne
  • Julia London
  • Julian Fellowes
  • Julian Symons
  • Julie Butterfield
  • Julie Cohen
  • Julie Wassmer
  • Juliet Bates
  • Juliet Gardiner
  • Juliet Nicolson
  • Karen Harper
  • Karen Swan
  • Karl Tearney
  • Karma Brown
  • Katarina Bivald
  • Kate Atkinson
  • Kate Clanchy
  • Kate Griffin
  • Kate Jackson
  • Kate Mildenhall
  • Kate Saunders
  • Katherine Johnson
  • Katherine May
  • Kathleen Hewitt
  • Katie Fforde
  • Katja Ivar
  • Katya Boirand
  • Kerry Greenwood
  • Kirsten McKenzie
  • Kitty Wilson
  • L C Tyler
  • L.P. Hartley
  • Laura Pearson
  • Laura Thompson
  • Laura Wilson
  • Laurie Graham
  • Laurie R King
  • Leanda de Lisle
  • Leonard Gribble
  • Lewis Carroll
  • Lexie Elliott
  • Libby Page
  • Linda Finlay
  • Lindsay Davis
  • Lissa Evans
  • Liz Heron
  • Lorna Nicholl Morgan
  • Louisa Leaman
  • Louise Beech
  • Louise Beech
  • Louise Hall
  • Louise Hare
  • Louise Walters
  • Lucien Young
  • Lucienne Boyce
  • Lucinda Hawksley
  • Lucy Mangan
  • Lucy Worsley
  • Lynda La Plante
  • M. Sean Coleman
  • M.J.Tjia
  • Maeve Haran
  • Maggie Hamand
  • Maggie Mason
  • Maggie O'Farrrell
  • Margaret Drabble
  • Margaret Durrell
  • Margaret Forster
  • Margaret Rooke
  • Margery Allingham
  • Marghanita Laski
  • Maria Goodin
  • Marian L Thorpe
  • Marianne Holmes
  • Marie Phillips
  • Marjorie Wilenski
  • Mark Hayden
  • Mark Hodder
  • Mark Logue
  • Martin Edwards
  • Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • Mary Balogh
  • Mary Beard
  • Mary Gibson
  • Mary Kelly
  • Mary Stewart
  • Mary Wesley
  • Mary Wood
  • Matthew Crow
  • Michael Gilbert
  • Mick Finlay
  • Miles Burton
  • Miranda Gold
  • Mollie Panter
  • Mollie Panter – Downes
  • Molly Corbally
  • Molly Keane
  • Monica Ali
  • Monica Dickens
  • Monica Fairview
  • Monica Tindall
  • MRC Kasasian
  • Muriel Spark
  • Murray Bailey
  • Nadiya Hussain
  • Nancy Mitford
  • Nancy Revell
  • Natalie Fergie
  • Natalie Hart
  • Natalie Livingstone
  • Natasha Solomons
  • Nell Stevens
  • Nella – Mass Observation
  • Nick Hornby
  • Nicky Black
  • Nicola Cornick
  • Nicola K Smith
  • Nicola Pryce
  • Nicola Upson
  • Nicole Locke
  • Nikki Marmery
  • Noel Streatfeild
  • Orna Ross
  • Owen Nicholls
  • P.G. Wodehouse
  • Pat Barker
  • Patricia Feinberg Stoner
  • Patricia Wentworth
  • Patrick Kincaid
  • Paul C W Beatty
  • Paul Marriner
  • Paula Smedley
  • Penelope Fitzgerald
  • Penny Parkes
  • Pete Langman
  • Peter Bartram
  • Peter Conrad
  • Peter Drax
  • Peter Elstob
  • Peter Murphy
  • Philippa Gregory
  • Phillipa Ashley
  • Priya Parmar
  • R.C. Bridgestock
  • Rachael Lucas
  • Rachael Stewart
  • Rachel Clare
  • Rachel Elliott
  • Rachel Ferguson
  • Raymond Postgate
  • Rebecca Jenkins
  • Rebecca Mead
  • Rebecca Shaw
  • Renee Knight
  • Rhen Garland
  • Richard Hull
  • Richard Lumsden
  • Richard Smith
  • Richard T. Kelly
  • Richard W.H.Bray
  • Richmal Crompton
  • Robert Harris
  • Robert Lock
  • Robert Newcome
  • Robin Bennett
  • Ronnie Le Drew
  • Rory Clements
  • Rose Black
  • Rose Tremain
  • Rosemary Noble
  • Rosemary Sutcliff
  • Rosie Hendry
  • Rosie Millard
  • Roxie Cooper
  • Ryan Ruby
  • S. Block
  • S.J.I. Holliday
  • S.W.Perry
  • Sam Binnie
  • Samantha Ellis
  • Samantha Henthorn
  • Sara Collins
  • Sarah Blake
  • Sarah Butler
  • Sarah Dunant
  • Sarah Jio
  • Sarah Long
  • Sarah Morgan
  • Sarah Perry
  • Sarah Waters
  • Sarah- Jane Stratford
  • Saumya Balsari
  • Sebastian Barry
  • Sebastian Faulks
  • Secret Teacher
  • Sharon Blackie
  • Shaun Bythell
  • Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Shirley Williams
  • Simon Edge
  • Simon Garfield
  • Simon Scarrow
  • Simone Buchholz
  • Sophie Duffy
  • Sophie Duncan and Rachael Lennon
  • Sophie Hannah
  • Sophie Ratcliffe
  • Stefan Bollmann
  • Stella Duffy
  • Stephanie Calman
  • Stephanie Laurens
  • Stephen Fry
  • Stuart Field
  • Sue Bruley
  • Susan Hill
  • Susan Scarlett
  • Susanna Bavin
  • Susanna Gregory
  • Suzanne Leal
  • Suzette A. Hill
  • Sybil Brinton
  • Sylvia Broady
  • Sylvia Topp
  • Tasha Alexander
  • Tatiana de Rosnay
  • Terri Nixon
  • Thomas Enger
  • Thora Karitas Arnadottir
  • Tim Atkinson
  • Tim Binding
  • Tim Clark & Nick Cook
  • Tina M Edwards
  • Tom Cox
  • Tony Medawar
  • Tracy Borman
  • Tracy Chevalier
  • Trisha Ashley
  • Trisha Hughes
  • Una L. Silberrad
  • Uncategorized
  • Ursula Orange
  • Vanda Symon
  • Vanessa Couchman
  • Vanessa Lafaye
  • Vanora Bennett
  • Vera Brittain
  • Vere Hodgson
  • Veronica Henry
  • Vicki Bradley
  • Vicki Goldie
  • Victor Bridges
  • Virginia Nicholson
  • Virginia Woolf
  • W.C. Ryan
  • West Camel
  • William Boyd
  • Winifred Holtby
  • Winifred Peck
  • Winifred Watson
  • Winnie M Li
  • Winston Graham
  • Yann Mantel

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