One of Dickens’ favourite topics was the Family, and so it’s not surprising to hear that he had a very large one himself. It might surprise you though, to hear ...
If you know of a friend who’s writing a novel, you may just want to ask if you’re in it at all. If they say yes, then you might need ...
To mark this year’s anniversary celebration of Dickens’s birth, Vintage Classics and Ebury are hosting a Dickens Day at Foyles Charing Cross Road on Saturday, 25 February from 10.30am to 5.00pm. A host ...
Families are like boxes of chocolates. They turn up around Christmas, full of joyful truffles and pralines, and then six days and five boxes later you’re furiously sick of them ...
We all know that novelists devote a staggering amount of their energies on structural details: the enticing openings, the teasing suspense at the end of each chapter, the rising dramas, ...
