Comedian and actor Katy Brand on why her memoirs intertwine with Dirty Dancing
Katy Brand reckons the day her latest book was released was a bit like her wedding day - just without a groom.
Books
Meet the Author: Is There Still Sex In The City? writer Candace Bushnell
Good news, girls – Sex And The City is back, still as raunchy as ever but this time older, wiser and specially designed for the more mature among us.
Best-selling artist Johanna Basford on inspiring millions of DIY doodlers and going head to head in charts with beer tycoon husband
From a blank canvas, Johanna Basford appears to have sketched the perfect life.
Meet the author: Lies Lies Lies writer Adele Parks
Like a fine wine, Adele Parks says her writing has matured as she has aged.
Our hidden shelves: How bookcases can reveal far more than we think
It’s often said you should never judge a book by its cover – but, according to author Tom Moles, people are most certainly judging you by the books you read.
Meet the Author: Missing Ellie writer Jane Graham on swapping scientific journals for novels
Jane Graham is a psychotherapist who specialises in working with trauma. The woman who lays claim to the Graham of Montrose tartan is more accustomed to writing for scientific journals than penning novels.
Fans burning with anticipation for Margaret Atwood’s sequel to landmark book The Handmaid’s Tale
It has become the essential feminist novel, a modern literary classic.
Meet the author: The Day We Meet Again writer, Miranda Dickinson
Bumping into the late poet laureate, Sir John Betjeman, proved to be an inspirational moment for bestselling author Miranda Dickinson. The “beyond the grave encounter” has led her to pen what she says is her finest novel yet – a love story that starts with a goodbye.
The day I… won a life-changing book deal: Inverness author Margaret Kirk shares her story
The day that changed my life almost happened without me. I was having lunch at the swish central London offices of Good Housekeeping magazine with the other finalists of their First Novel competition.
Meet the author: You and Hidden Bodies writer Caroline Kepnes
Her terrifying thriller about a psychopathic stalker gripped horror master Stephen King and spawned one of Netflix’s most binge-worthy thrillers.
Why Paddington’s popularity transcends the boundaries of children’s literature and entertainment
Authors often derive inspiration from most unusual sources and for Michael Bond it was a diminutive toy bear, bought as a stocking-filler from Selfridges one Christmas Eve.