Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 81
July 9, 2015
The best reading is re-reading
How do you characterise your favourite books? The emotional impact of the book and your enjoyment while reading it are no doubt important. So is your desire to share the […]
July 7, 2015
Reading too much romance? Surely not!
Subscription is very much in vogue. Rather than create a collection of audiobooks, you can subscribe to Audible and take your pick. Rather than stack DVDs high on your shelves, […]
July 4, 2015
Favourite poet: Federico Garcia Lorca
My latest novel, Indiscretion, is set in Andalusia, Spain, in the 1950s. There, the Spaniards live still under the long shadow cast by the civil war from 1936 to 1939, […]
July 2, 2015
Falling for the matador?
My new novel, Indiscretion, is set in 1950s Spain.The story of love and families, lies and indiscretions, is steeped in the culture of Andalusia. Of course I could not write […]
June 30, 2015
The classics of literature: untouchable or reworkable?
My favourite work of English literature is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. For the Gothic feel, the Byronic hero, the mystery and suspense, the poetic writing style, but above all […]
June 27, 2015
The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jefferies
From the blurb: Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper is newly married to a rich and charming widower, eager to join him on his tea plantation, determined to be the perfect wife and […]
June 26, 2015
Cover reveal for my new book, Masquerade!
I’m delighted to be able to share with you today the cover for my new book, Masquerade. It is available for preorder now from Amazon UK and Amazon US.
June 25, 2015
Bibliotherapy
‘Can Reading Make You Happier?’ asked Ceridwen Dovey in the New Yorker this month. Of course, with a title like that, I was compelled to read the article, although I […]
June 23, 2015
The untold story of unfinished books
Before the digital revolution, book buying was a business requiring thought and commitment. When you bought a book, you were serious about reading that book, because it had cost you […]
June 20, 2015
Start with a bang…
… and you won’t end with a whimper. Common writing advice, based on the final stanza of TS Eliot’s poem ‘The Hollow Men’: This is the way the world ends […]
