Paul Pindar

20th May, 2010 Two weeks to go till the launch. My husband woke up this morning and said that he had a dream last night in which he had written a novel with a character in it called Paul Pindar. How odd, I’ve been dreaming a lot recently about the new novel, it must be [...]

Trapidista

14th May, 2010 After a whole day deep in the seventeenth century (reasearch for next novel) I went last evening to Barbara Trapido’s launch for her new book, ‘Sex and Stravinsky’. I read this is proof, and absolutely loved it, as I love all Barbara’s books. Her ‘Frankie and Stankie’ was my Book of the [...]

The Circus coming to town!

Hooray, hooray, hooray! Have just had an email from Bloomsbury saying that Mariella Frostrup’s ‘The Book Show’ at Hay programme at the Hay-on-Wye Festival in May would like me to do a video diary for them while I’m there; they want me to feature  my old friend  Nell Gifford’s Gifford’s Circus, which is always one of the [...]

First Copies

The first copies of ‘The Pindar Diamond’ arrived yesterday as promised. There’s nothing quite like the sensation of holding the first finished copy in your hands. There’s something very private about this moment, although I can’t quite describe why. I realise that I don’t want to share it with anyone else, just for a little [...]

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