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There’s been a rumour going around that people with messy handwriting are more intelligent? Is this true? We’re going to try and find out! Doctors are renowned for having unclear scrawls on the prescriptions they give out. But is there real science behind this? Turns out there is… sort of. If you have large handwriting you want to come across as clear and be noticed. If you have small writing you’re more introverted and more likely to concentrate. Hard pressured w...

Ever wondered how they used to print books? We thought it was quite exciting, so we decided we would share it. So to start let’s head back to around 3000 BC! Woodblock printing is the earliest form of printing dating back to the Mesopotamian civilization around 3000 BC. The wood block is prepared as a relief pattern which means that the areas that are not to be printed are cut away with either a knife a chisel or even sandpaper. This leaves the characters/images to show in black. The pri...

Christmas. It’s a time of giving and, whether you loathe the commercialisation of a religious holiday, or you love the chance to indulge your loved ones (or yourself) that now comes to mean one thing: presents! To spread a little humour in the week leading up to ‘The Big Day’ we are taking a look at some of our favourite literary characters and deciding just what they should be getting under their Christmas tree this year. Dobby The House-elf We think ...

It can be hard to get a child to read. Especially with all the new technology that is about. What child would want to pick a book up when they can play Skylanders, Minecraft or Pokémon. So, children like interactive things, that is clear to see, if your child is a tech robot and their tab, laptop, mobile phone (yes even a phone!) never leaves their hand, maybe you can try an interactive book. There are many interactive books out there, whether that is one with little pull out levers or flaps. S...

Authors come in all shapes, sizes and indeed, ages. While many authors found their love of reading at a young age, most had to wait quite a long time before seeing their first novel in print. At Pegasus, we’re lucky enough to have several very young authors in publication with us! We thought we’d highlight just a few. Lily Divall Lily was just eighteen years old when her debut novel, A False Creation, was published earlier this year. Set in a world of Gods and magic, Lily’s debut nov...

Top Five - Classic books you read as a child and probably haven’t picked up since! Enid Blyton ­– The Magic Faraway Tree series is a collection of four books, The Enchanted Forest, The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of The Faraway Tree and Up The Faraway Tree. These books were probably read to you as a child. The adventures of Jo, Bessie and Fanny were and still are very exciting. Wondering what was going to happen each time they climbed up the tree and what land would be at the top. ...

Everyone has different ways of celebrating or relaxing over the Christmas season and we’ve put together a list of some bookish ways you can enjoy the festivities. You don’t need to celebrate Christmas for some of these, just share a love of the written word. 1. Re-read the Christmassy scenes from your favourite books. Re reading your favourite books always seems like a good idea, in theory. But do we really have the time? With so many great new books being published all the time, ...

Craig J. Black is a previously self-published author of dark fantasy novels. Now he is publishing with us, starting with the first book in the Bloodline series, Forbidden Hunger – a vampire novel with a unique bite. We took the opportunity to ask him a few questions. How would you describe Forbidden Hunger, and who would you say it is aimed at? Forbidden Hunger focuses around Zanette Amelia, the first of her kind, in a bid to control and understand her identity as she grows from bir...

We spoke to Elena Moya, author of The Spanish Maestra about her life and her book. Read on to find out more! 1. Did you always dream of becoming an author? Yes, I only wanted to be an astronaut, until I was 6 or 7, but from then onwards I always want to write. 2. What was your first job? Like many writers, I was a journalist, in my case, specialised in economics and finance, which comes really handy when writing books. I had the honour to work in places where other aut...