“i’ve been writing the book for twenty years”

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

‘If I gave up work, what would I do?’

The lives of Clara and Nancy are worlds apart – but is it time for them to finally live out their dream?

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

Jo Wood, 70, on how she has learned the value of resilience and finding joy in the everyday

HER phone pinged with the e-mail while she was lying on the beach. The Greek sun blazed down from – well, being a writer, it was second nature for Amy to think about how she would describe the blue sk