I was asked recently where the idea for my book Number Games came from. It’s very difficult to pinpoint inspiration. In my case there seemed to have been a lot...

Where, when, and how Widow’s Welcome, our political fantasy novel, started life is a subject of much dispute. The “D” of D.K. Fields remembers the moment of inspiration with startling...

Every day I open countless jiffy bags, and I’m always excited to see what slides out on to my desk. My job at Fabulous magazine reviewing books allows me a...

Dear writer, your book is written, your friends loved it, your mother loved it and she sobbed with pride. My mother, by the way, read my book – a paranormal...

Ready Player One opens in cinemas soon and it’s going to be a major event, not least because it marks Stephen Speilberg’s return to directing SciFi. The film is based...

      I wrote my first book in 2011, my second in 2012, third and half of fourth in 2013. I gave up on number four to start number...

Voice is something I’ve been interested in for years. My mum’s a writer, but practised as a speech therapist, so maybe that was the starting point. As a kid, I...

Graham Tugwell is an Irish writer of short, strange fiction and an incredible novel FOLD (currently seeking a home). Over eighty of his stories have been published across five continents....

Mums, I think most artists would agree, are the unsung heroes of the creative world. I happen to have a particularly great one, and she was instrumental in helping me...

The idea of genre leaves me nervous. One book is literary and the other book is historical, his book is crime and her book is commercial fiction. Aren’t they all...