Wonderful Release in Time for Christmas by author Val Penny
by Soulla Christodoulou If you’re looking for a suspenseful thriller read this Christmas then look no further than Val Penny’s new collection of short stories. DI Hunter Wilson is looking forward to spending a holiday in India with his girlfriend Dr Meera Sharma, away from the cold, wet winter of Edinburgh. He looks to share […]
My Book Love For James Walker’s Song of Buchenwald
59 Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou I have read James Walker’s trilogy set in the 17th Century and absolutely loved his writing; crime fiction, strong female lead and a whole lot of gutsy investigating despite danger and many challenges. His writing is wonderfully poetic, his prose evocative and so I was looking forward to diving […]
A Cup of Conversation with author James Walker
78 Hello and welcome to A Cup of Conversation where I am joined by author James Walker, published with The Conrad Press. Today he shares with us the writing journey behind his newest release, Song of Buchenwald, which was inspired by his dear friend and colleague, James Essinger. I’m grateful to have received a copy […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Val Penny
105 Hello and welcome to A Cup of Conversation where I am joined by author Val Penny, author of thriller novels and the DI Hunter Wilson series. Her newest book, which released yesterday, is called Hunter’s Force. In this A Cup of Conversation interview Val shares her writing life with us. Thank you so much […]
My Book Love For Marilyn Drawwater’s Memoir, Rethymnon.
29 Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou Welcome to the first blog post of 2023 and Happy New Year! I hope you are all well rested and looking forward to what this new year will bring. I finished reading the beautiful true story of Marilyn Drawwater, Rethymnon, a British couple’s true story of love and loss […]
My Book Love For John McGlashan’s Next Time Bring a Bigger Knife
36 Book Review by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to the last blog post for 2022 which features My Book Love For John McGlashan’s fabulously gutsy novel, Next Time Bring a Bigger Knife. John McGlashan is a former solicitor who for decades specialised in divorce law, many of his cases are highlighted in his debut […]
A Cup of Conversation with author John McGlashan
205 Hello and welcome to A Cup of Conversation where I am joined by author John McGlashan published his debut novel, a memoir, Next Time Bring a Bigger Knife, In August 2022 with The Conrad Press. I’m grateful to have received a copy of the book a couple of weeks ago and I am thoroughly […]
A Cup of Conversation with author Marilyn Drawwater
204 Hello and welcome to A Cup of Conversation where I am joined by debut author Marilyn Drawwater who talks about her true story and fabulous book published by The Conrad Press. Congratulations Marilyn. In this A Cup of Conversation interview Marilyn reveals her experience of emigrating to Rethymnon, Crete, in Southern Greece as well […]
Kindness Matters and It’s Always the Little Things
52 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello and welcome to this week’s special post on kindness. I often use the hashtag #kindnessmatters because I really do believe that being kind makes all the difference not only to our own lives but the lives of others. This was proven to me with two beautiful acts of kindness and […]
Ideas Create Stories
24 by Soulla Christodoulou Hello again. It’s been a hot one, hasn’t it, for those of us here in London. I must say I’ve been struggling with this heat to keep going and some days I’ve only managed to work until around lunch time and then I’ve just tried to not do too much as […]