Unlike naming a baby, characters in fiction can be given names that might prompt school yard bullying or put them at a disadvantage professionally. Writers can name a character Sylvester …
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My husband tested positive for covid on Christmas Eve. Needing to keep my distance from him and without visitors, I plunged into a large, tricky jigsaw puzzle and was left …
It’s a question that all writers are asked, especially those who write fiction. Now, as I prepare to launch my debut novel, The Maid, a mystery about a hotel maid …
If you are like me, you may turn to a cup of coffee whenever you find your concentration fading. But have you ever considered that its brain-charging benefits are largely …
It All Started With A Phone Call… ‘If she’d turned off her phone, instead of listening in, perhaps no one would have died..’ Remember My Name started life when someone …
After much consideration and reading, here are our bookseller's favourite reads of 2021. In here you'll find titles old and new, with enough recommendations to keep you going well into …
It would be easy for anyone to assume that Dubray staff get so used to seeing our monthly recommended reads that they slowly but surely start to blend into the …
Bart, Teddy and Cole have their own fledgling construction company in a small town. Striving to make a name for themselves, they take on a daunting project with a crushing …
Oh William by Elizabeth Strout. The welcome return of Lucy Barton. Recently widowed, she reconnects with her first husband, William, the father of her two grown daughters. Having forgiven past …
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