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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 →

Christmas is coming and a lot sooner than many of us would like! But amid all the commercialism, and excess drinking, eating and partying, it’s good to remind ourselves of the true Christmas message. The Association of Christian Writers have … Continue reading →

This year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival featured the theme ‘East versus West’. As various countries and their writers across the globe were covered, New Zealand also got its chance to shine with a couple of New Zealand writers – Kirsty Gunn … Continue reading →

September and October are months of celebration for my family with the birthdays of my nephew, his partner, my mother-in-law my two sons and their aunt Kate. Quite a list! However, what fun to go out and celebrate big birthdays. … Continue reading →