My book for sale at BritMums Live: One blogger’s journey to being published
How many of us dream of seeing their book for sale at BritMums Live? How many have had an appointment with the publishers and gone on to dream. Ellie Stoneley …
Books
Confessions of a mother inferior
Ericka Waller, aka Mum in the South, has appeared as a speaker at BritMums Live, run a long-standing popular blog, made us laugh and nod knowingly, and now has written …
Henley Literary Festival: Book Club Friday
What do Amanda Jennings, Cesca Major & Abbie Ross all have in common? They are awesome authors that ran a book club session at the Henley Literary Festival, sponsored by BritMums. …
Review: The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas
Our book club editor Jacqueline Steward reviews The Three Lives of Dylan Thomas, the new book from Hilly Janes, who is a seasoned journalist and friend of BritMums. The book, …
On boarding school and turning a blind eye to abuse
Amanda Jennings is a contemporary fiction writer who lives near Henley-on-Thames with her husband and three daughters. Vogue.co.uk called her first book Sworn Secret “an intense, relentless story that grips from the start”. It was …
Book Club: Discussing ‘Above All Things’
Our latest book is Above All Things, by Tanis Rideout. Book Club hostess Jacqueline Steward, who blogs at Best and Beyond, starts us off on the discussion below. Read what …
The one in which I get a publishing deal
Sometimes the road to being published isn’t as straightforward as initially thought but where there’s a will there’s a way, Hazel Gaynor shares her journey with BritMums 2009 feels like …
Ruby Wax tours the UK; Sane New World
After her No. 1 bestselling book published in 2013 Sane New World: Taming the Mind Ruby Wax is now going to tour the UK with her one-woman show RUBY WAX: SANE NEW WORLD …
Why the work-from-home mum is a myth
Hannah Beckerman is a storyteller — she always has been, as she mentions in her fascinating bio and after years of wanting to write a novel she finally did. The …