The Literary Sofa
Playing host to authors on the Literary Sofa is one of my favourite parts of the ‘job’ but I often get invitations too!
Here are links to a selection of guest posts and interviews I’ve written for other blogs and publications (most recent first):
January 2017
Interviewed by Sonya Alford on A Lover of Books
November 2016
My short story Perfect Ikea Life was published in My Weekly
October 2016
Interview with Linda Hill on Linda’s Book Bag
September 2016
In Pursuit of the Senses for The Prime Writers – how my professional training in aromatherapy contributed to the writing of Paris Mon Amour
July 2016
Writing about Love for the Women Writers blog
My Love Affair with France for Avril Joy’s blog
On Women and Motherhood for The Writes of Woman
How Hampstead Heath Walks inspired a Parisian Love Affair in the Ham & High
My Protagonist Alexandra is interviewed by Vicky Newham in The Edge of Words
June 2016
Seven Years to Publication, Seven Things I’ve Learned for Writers’ Workshop
What the French taught me about Sex for Red Online
The music that inspires my writing – Undercover Soundtrack for Roz Morris
Isabel Costello – My Life in Books on Ruby Speechley’s blog
May 2016
Interview with Amanda Saint for The Year of Indie Debuts on Retreat West.
April 2015
Avril Joy kindly invited me to throw open the doors to my North London Writing Room as part of the fascinating series on her blog (and I followed up with a close-up of my desk right here on the Literary Sofa.)
February 2015
Triple Choice Tuesday – I talk about three interesting books in this popular series on Kim Forrester’s excellent Reading Matters blog.
August 2014
My first Southern hemisphere guest appearance in Perth-based novelist Annabel Smith’s Agog about a Blog series
April 2014
University of Brighton Writer in Residence blog: Interview with Isabel Ashdown on Blogging and Social Media
March 2014
Jane Rusbridge’s blog: Piece on Place- A City through Different Eyes
February 2014
Ruth Hunt’s blog: The Writing Process
November 2013
Writers’ Workshop blog: The York Effect – How I got an Agent
October 2013
For Books’ Sake: How to run a Successful Book Blog
June 2013
Retreat West: A View from the Other Side of the Competition Fence
May 2013
Claire King’s blog: Book Blogger interview
For posts by the authors who’ve appeared on the Literary Sofa, please look under the tab GUEST AUTHORS and sub-tab WRITERS ON LOCATION.
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