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The auther of the award-winning Slough House series says he doesn’t dream about high-powered dinner parties but prefers the idea of a lock-in somewhere, with all writers welcome
BEING a high school English and literature teacher in Australia closely connected Sita Walker to writing. The immense experience of teaching story writing for 20 years, encountering a lot of work from students and being published in an anthology, finally led towards her debut book The God of No Good. Being immersed in that creative process
Nancy Mitford’s romantic comedy The Pursuit of Love is delightfully reimagined with warmth and caustic charm
The family of renowned novelist, Elspeth Barker, has paid tribute to their “beloved mother”, following her death at the age of 81.
This brainy feminist romp of a novel, loved by Rachel Cusk and Maria Semple, is often compared to Brideshead Revisited. But Carol Lefevre says it’s more like a sexy, sweary version of Nancy Mitford in 1960s London.