Authors & Events
Q&A with Rachel Joyce
13 August 2020
Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, and Perfect. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was short-listed for the Commonwealth Book Prize and long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and has been...
Q&A with The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse Author Charlie Mackesy
31 July 2020
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse… and the bedbug. On his journey
as artist and writer, Charlie Mackesy first had to deal with bedbugs and art teachers. But thank goodness he persevered! In this interview with him, he speaks on what counts, and why.
Did you go to art school or take art lessons?
I really...
Jojo Moyes: A year of change
29 May 2020
I was lying on the grass talking to a friend who I hadn't spoken to in the four? five? weeks since lockdown. 'Do you remember telling me you just wanted the world to slow down for a bit?' she said. 'What did you do?'
I laughed. In truth I had been so busy I didn’t even remember the conversation. That...
Simon Sinek: We cannot do this alone
14 May 2020
Crisis is the great revealer. As the pandemic swept across our planet, we saw how some of our leaders reacted swiftly while others waited too long to the detriment of their own populations. So too has there been a great revealing in every one of us. Some have found an ability to deal with stress they didn't know we had. Others tapped new...
Michelle Obama Documentary released on 6 May
09 May 2020
Netflix have announced a new documentary following Michelle Obama during the publication of her bestselling memoir, Becoming, which will be released on Wednesday 6 May.
Directed by Nadia Hallgren, the documentary – which shares the book’s title – offers a behind-the-scenes look at Mrs Obama’s Becoming tour. From sold-...