I was delighted to be interviewed by author friend Anita Kushwaha about my most recent release, The Wishing Tree in Irish Falls, authors who have inspired me, my life in lockdown owing to Covid-19 and more. Read my ‘Author Q&A’ with Anita...
As life continues to be unsettled, I’ve thought about my late mother even more than usual recently and, in particular, how she coped during rough times. Both practical and pragmatic, when life was difficult Mom turned to baking or knitting. If she could give the...
When this is all over… I hear that phrase often these days as everyone, me included, wants life in 2020 to go back to ‘normal’ as soon as possible, whatever that ‘new normal’ will be. For the moment, though, life (and for me, writing), have to go on in lockdown. As...
With the rapid spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, in only a few weeks life as we know it has changed almost beyond recognition—and in ways unprecedented in my lifetime—so we’re all adapting to a new normal. Yet, as I stay apart from others (and social distancing is one...
I’m delighted and honoured that Penguin Verlag has acquired German rights to The Wishing Tree in Irish Falls and will publish this book in German translation (release date to be confirmed). I’m happy to share this new story with German readers and will...
