Jane, Elizabeth and Me.
My relationship with Jane Eyre goes back to 1943. No – I’m not that old. That’s when the black and white film of the book, starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine was…
Category: favourite books
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The Other Wife
Somehow I’ve managed to release three books this year. One has been as Janet Gover and two as Juliet Bell, which is the pen name for my collaborations with my friend Alison…
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It’s TV but not as I knew it
I started my writing career as a TV journalist at Channel 7 in Brisbane, Australia in 19… umm. Let’s not go there. Let’s just say I was a teenager and leave it at…
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Bubbly splash and blog splash
My friend Rhoda Baxter is celebrating today – the best kind of celebration for an author – a new book. Some of us have a splash of champagne to celebrate ( yep,…
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What I have been reading
I am really enjoying writing these posts. It’s great to look back and remember the books that I have enjoyed. I’ve been writing a new book during the last couple of months, so…
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More recent reads
The last couple of months here in London have been cold and wet and grey. My determination to find new authors disappeared with the sun, and it’s been a couple of months…
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A writing hero
You know those moments when you finally get to… not exactly meet but spend time listening to someone you have really admired for a long time. One of two things will happen.…