Blog – February News

The first months of 2024 are flying by and there is much exciting news to share. The advance reader copies of Botanical Short Stories have arrived, and I’m thrilled that the book is being published by T J Books in Cornwall where our botanical illustrator Sarah Jane Humphrey and I live. Pre-orders are available from…

Clear Water

2022 For the last few days, I’ve had some quiet time to reflect on 2022, a year which saw the much delayed publication of my second short story collection, Three Roads, on 4 April. Reviews, posts, and interviews followed from the lovely people at Writers on Research, Love Books, Read Books, and The Short Story,…

A Saint in the Sands

Early on a clear bright morning in late May, my husband and I drove to Perranporth to visit the site of St Piran’s Oratory. We wandered on the dunes for a few hours, getting a bit lost and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. The air was full of skylark song, and the low sandy grass, cropped…