Ideas come from many places, but a story about waylaid Girl Guide cookies is definitely one of my most unusual sources of inspiration. The story – related in a US podcast series sent to me by my agent – went on to reveal the remarkable true events surrounding a group of British and American schoolchildren (also Girl Guides) and their teachers, who were taken to a Japanese internment camp in China during World War II. I was captivated, not only …
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The Pull of the Stars began over sixteen years ago when I was in premature labour with our first child who, as a playful five-year-old, would be my model for …
Following on from Part One of this series, which looked at the fiction titles that have succeeded in converting some of the book-fearing men I know to the joys of …
As a history geek, I have always been fascinated by anything related to the First World War. This includes literature that focuses on the War and the experience of the …
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