“It’s something I hardly dared to wish for”: Alex Hourston on finding publishing success with her debut novel, In my House

“It’s something I hardly dared to wish for”: Alex Hourston on finding publishing success with her debut novel, In my House

This week The Book Diner goes back to when I had a visit from the very lovely Alex Hourston shortly  after her debut novel, In My House, was published by Faber and Faber). It’s a very exciting time for a novelist when a first book comes out as I know from my own...
THE BOOK DINER INTERVIEWS: MICHAEL NOBBS ON HOW TO BE SUSTAINABLY CREATIVE – EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME OR ENERGY

THE BOOK DINER INTERVIEWS: MICHAEL NOBBS ON HOW TO BE SUSTAINABLY CREATIVE – EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE TIME OR ENERGY

This week, The Book Diner looks back to when we had a visit from Michael Nobbs, an artist and non-fiction writer from Wales whose book, Drawing Your Life: Learn to See, Record, and Appreciate Life’s Small Joys, was published by Penguin after years of successfully...
‘LIFE IS A BARN DANCE WITHOUT A CALLER’: BRIGHTON AUTHOR, ALLIE ROGERS, TALKS ABOUT HER DEBUT NOVEL, LITTLE GOLD AND STAYING TOO LONG ON THE BUS

‘LIFE IS A BARN DANCE WITHOUT A CALLER’: BRIGHTON AUTHOR, ALLIE ROGERS, TALKS ABOUT HER DEBUT NOVEL, LITTLE GOLD AND STAYING TOO LONG ON THE BUS

This week, I’m delighted to introduce one of my dear friends, Allie Rogers, whose first novel, Little Gold, has just been published. I am a huge fan of Allie’s writing, which is beautifully observed and thoughtful (as she is). I’ve seen her work so...