Author Archives: journojohnson

Visiting the island of Corfu would not be complete without following the trail of the famous writing family, the Durrells and we visited at an opportune moment with the TV series about them having just ended in the summer. Although … Continue reading →

This month I would like to share with you a poem that I wrote last year but thanks to some help and inspiration from another poet, I worked on it again and submitted it to a poetry competition and was … Continue reading →

Angus and I have just returned from a lovely week’s holiday in Norfolk. While there we had a couple of opportunities to also explore Suffolk, a fairly unfamiliar county to us both. I was particularly keen to view Constable country … Continue reading →

We writers generally work as solitary people. We may see our family and friends regularly but connecting face-to-face with other writers only happens at workshops, writing groups or a writing retreat. What a privilege it was at the end of … Continue reading →

Family is incredibly important to all of us. We see just how valuable these relationships are when tragedy strikes as it has done in Sri Lanka over the Easter weekend this year, when evil leaders commit acts of terror which … Continue reading →

Thanks to Wendy H Jones https://www.wendyhjones.com and her fortnightly ‘Book Buzz’ show on Mearns FM, a Scottish Community Radio station near Stonehaven in Scotland, I can post a link to her interview of me and my books. It is here below in … Continue reading →

I would like to take this opportunity to remind my followers of my book, Waireka, which is my historical novel set in nineteenth century New Zealand. Although there are many books set in the same period in Britain or America, … Continue reading →

The start of a new year is always a time for new beginnings, clearing out the old garbage out of our homes, lives and minds. It is also the time for new birth and new opportunities. 2019 is particularly the … Continue reading →