One of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights is interviewed by festival patron, the former BBC Radio 4 producer, Kate Fenton. As funny in person as his plays, and as penetrating about human nature, this conversation promises a fascinating insight into his craft, his global success, and why as a Londoner – he chose Scarborough to be […]
Between wild walks, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë spent most of their lives indoors, their imaginations firing behind firmly-closed doors. Two expert writers, Sharon Wright and Ann Dinsdale, went on a very personal journey around Britain and Ireland, enjoying privileged access to private houses, that shaped and inspired the Brontë sisters and their writing. Echoing […]
Vera’s Ann Cleeves declared Belinda Bauer’s The Impossible Thing ‘extraordinary.’ Val McDermid said it gifts the ‘pure joy of reading’ and Lee Child declared it ‘solid gold.’ Literary crime writing at its best, this gloriously gripping novel follows one of the most daring crimes of the century. 1926. On the towering cliffs of Yorkshire, men […]
