Were the American actor and author Molly Ringwald to play a character in the screenplay adaption of her own fiction, it would be Marina, the feisty single mother of a six-year-old boy who wishes he was a girl.
The tales told from life in a golden castle
Welshman Daniel Morden is hooked on telling stories, writes Linda Morris.
Novocastrian novelist wins prize
Huge power in sparse narratives
Wedded to loads of great ideas
This British husband and wife team feels there's a better way to communicate with younger readers.
The birth of a grand love affair
Anna Goldsworthy's second autobiographical work is an account of the pains and pleasures of parenthood.
Books that changed me: Sam Twyford-Moore
Emerging Writers' Festival director Sam Twyford-Moore talks about his favourite books.
Rage ignites in a life half lived
A little French escapism
Sussex-based author Kate Mosse leads something of a double life in the Pyrenees while penning her historical fiction, Linda Morris writes.

