Articles & Interviews
Here are some links to things I’ve written which I hope you’ll find interesting or/and useful.
Here’s MICHELLE’S BOOK CLUB and we are talking about SAME TIME NEXT WEEK
Here’s a podcast about my life in Barnsley and how the town ‘made me’.
I had a smashing time talking about my writing life and how some of us can’t plan a word before we start writing. We just type the first word and see where it takes us.
The Shift – podcasts by Sam Baker
Sam Baker has interviewed some amazing top birds over 40 and I was absolutely delighted to be asked to be included. She’s a fantastic interviewer and you should work your way through all of her many podcasts because they are enlightening and so interesting. My tones are far from velvet but I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed talking.
I was interviewed by the wonderful podcaster Rosalyn Palmer at the Boston Book Festival and enjoyed it so much that I agreed to do one of her Monkey Business podcasts with her … and this is the result. Do check out her other podcasts which are absolutely fascinating!
Winning the RNAs Outstanding Achievement Award – Frost Magazine
“It was one of those ‘pinch-yourself’ moments: how was it that me, a northern bird with no industry connections, who always wanted to be an author but never really thought it would be possible, was getting this accolade?”
Books and the City
The Books and the City website (run by my publisher, Simon & Schuster) has some fab interviews, giveaways, amazing comps – join their mailing list so you don’t miss out! I also write occasional articles for them, some of which I’ve included below. Don’t expect anything highbrow!
Motherhood Made Me!
For Female First
A short story for My Weekly
Five Books about Mothers!
Article for The Big Issue
How to write a book – by women who have actually done it
Article for Marie Claire
Female First – Top 10 Tips for writing Rom Com
For Female First