This year marks the publication of my eighth novel, The Time Hop Coffee Shop. Eight feels like quite an impressive number, especially when there were times I thought I’d never get a book published. I

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When I was 16, I was right in the middle of my tidying research. Every day after school, I would go around tidying the entire house. I was constantly thinking about things like “How can I maintain a t

What revealed the magic of books for me was The Wind in the Willows. When I was five, I contracted measles, which meant I had to spend my days in bed in a darkened room. My mother sat outside my bedro

Ivy Ngeow, 55, lives with her husband and their two children, aged 18 and 14. Gazing at all the books on the shelves, I fantasised about one day being talented enough to write one. It was 1978 and, ag

He may have won multiple awards, but his tractor knowledge is questionable