Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
The seed for Small Pleasures came from an interview I overheard on BBC Radio 4
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The seed for Small Pleasures came from an interview I overheard on BBC Radio 4
Spending a lot of lockdown time chatting on social media has provided unexpected entry points
My new novel The Island Girls is set on the remote island of Vinalhaven, off
Writing funny fiction is hard. Not, like, coal mining hard. I’m fully aware it’s a
When I tell people I have a book coming out (I still struggle to call
When I started to write On The Up, my debut novel, back in 2012, I
This is the story of a ‘boarded-out’ boy. In Scotland it was the custom for
People often ask where book ideas come from…a tough question because in my experience they
I really wish there was a lightning-bolt moment where I realised I wanted to be
Seven Letters is my 14th novel and possibly the most moving. The book was originally
Sometimes we compose our earliest stories, without even realizing they are quietly being written inside
Colin and the Concubine is the second novel by actor and journalist Domhnall O’Donoghue. However,
When the idea for When All Is Said, came to me in 2015, I’d been
As a romantic comedy writer I’ve got two main goals with my book: to make
Travelling back in time only to end up in the same place. When I decided
Fiction has always been my first love. I always wanted to write a novel. It
When I was 12 I began keeping a diary, a proper diary, a half page
Future Popes of Ireland began as procrastination. I wasn’t supposed to be writing a novel
Telling people about The Great Unexpected is difficult for two reasons. Firstly, in many ways
In these hazy days that follow the publication of my second novel, I find myself
