"Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year?" someone wrote on Facebook."What?" I thought.I had no idea what NaNoWriMo was or whether it was something that I wanted to be doing. A little [...]

One of the hardest lessons that I have had to learn as a parent is when to welly in and when to leave well alone. And it has been really [...]

I can't spell. I never could. I think my first school was what was called 'progressive' and we were pretty much left to our own devices. As a result, spelling [...]

It's October so it must be Ilkley Literature Festival. Town is full of writers promoting their books and tv presenters promoting the books with their names on the jacket. There's [...]

I miss letters. Not the typed correspondence that arrives from the bank or insurance company but proper, handwritten letters. The sort of letters that you delay opening until you have [...]