“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...
Spitting at Rejection and Kneeing the Inner Critic in the Back: Elizabeth Baines tells The Book Diner how to survive life as a writer

Spitting at Rejection and Kneeing the Inner Critic in the Back: Elizabeth Baines tells The Book Diner how to survive life as a writer

This week, The Book Diner features an excellent interview with Elizabeth Baines which took place in 2014. I was fortunate to meet when Elizabeth when Unthology 5 was launched alongside Welcome to Sharonville by Unthank Books in Norwich back in June. Elizabeth is a...