A Time for Peace, unread, was on a Leamington library shelf, so the next hurdle for me was to find it potential readers. The Readers' Development Officer helpfully contacted Book Club leaders in Warwickshire to which two, in Leamington, responded. The first, led by...

One of the hallmarks of an interesting artist, is their ability to learn. The David Hockney exhibition demonstrated that beautifully. When Hockney was 'blocked'- perhaps bored with his current style- he moved on to another medium. He tried photography, and an I-pad to...

'Iona, an Island,a place to bring ourselves home.' On Sunday, 2nd April, I tried to control my tears as I left P. on the platform at Leamington station. It didn't help that I'd missed the earlier train to Wolverhampton which would have ensured I'd have time to go to...

York and libraries hold a lot of memories for me. I've borrowed from and studied in libraries for as long as I can remember. Public, school, college, university and while researching A Time for Peace, many others. I lived in Yorkshire till I was 11 years old and York...

At a recent meeting of our writers' group, Novelink (one of whom took part by email), we discussed the use of flashbacks and backstory in our work. We were talking about novels for which we had written the first, creative draft. These are my thoughts on the subject...

    This time last year, I had just started the first of what became 4 edits of my novel. I was anxious that I would miss errors in the text, but with Jan Fortune's help, I completed the editing satisfactorily. Further along this writing adventure, I am...