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.
Huge power in sparse narratives
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.
Wedded to loads of great ideas
This British husband and wife team feels there's a better way to communicate with younger readers.
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.
Lunch with Anne Summers
Inside is now out
This is very much a book of interiors, both literal and metaphoric.

