“hope spreads like butter on hot toast”

National treasure Pam Ayres reflects on the enduring power of poetry and why it’s reaching record numbers of people

In the depths of grief, author Cathy Bramley discovered a way to pull through that helped her not only escape the darkness, but also adapt to a new way of living with happiness at its core

Novels, for me, have come from somewhere I wasn’t looking. In my twenties I was carrying an idea about a woman wandering around Ireland on a quest she didn’t understand and I sat in the Reading Room o

Three women share how persevering against all odds can lead to a wealth of new opportunities

Thanks for coming in today, Bea,” said Jason, the commissioning editor at Bluestone Press, where Bea was interviewing for yet another assistant job. “We’ll be in touch.” “Okay, great,” replied Bea, fo

THE salt air tugged at her hair, carrying the scent of seaweed. Donna had spent years building towards this, chasing figures in spreadsheets, negotiating contracts, dreaming of the day she and Ben wou