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Irina Slav, the author of The Lamiastriga,released herbook in May 2019. We wanted to catch up with the new author and see how life had been treating her since she was published. Did you always dream of becoming an author? Not really, no. I dreamed of becoming a clinical psychologist because I was so fascinated with the human mind and all the ways it can suffer. I still am but it’s for the best I never got to become a psychologist. Failing to help anyone would hav...

Today (10th October 2019) is World Mental HealthDay. A day to remind people to talk, to listen and to understand. To mark the day, we have put together a list of our recommended mental health books, covering important topics such as eating disorders, body image, depression, anxiety and dementia. The Mad Hatters' Tea Party Francis James Those words ... ‘Sectioned under the Mental Health Act'. However, being detained in a Mental Health ...

We recently received a lovely review from Sally Burrell, check out below to see what shethought! Irene, a wonderful read. I, myself, feel healed. I have been searching with dismay. To find true love you must love yourself and be happy and find a connection with your spirit, in a meaning of total acceptance. I need this book, "Irene" in my life to look back and help me along this confusing journey. This book is for "divine relationships". A "must have" book f...

Every year we celebrate National Poetry Day, and this year it falls on Thursday, October the 3rd. It's a day we enjoy, share and discover poets and their creative way with words! Poetry is a form of literature where people express their feelings, emotions or experiences, which really does make it unique. There are tons of different types of poetry out there to suit everyone whatever your taste. Ready to open the doors to verbal artistry? We’ve given you a head start and put...

We recently received a lovely review from Dr J. Main, check out below to see what hethought! "This book is a delight. Full of the accumulated experience and wisdom of a counsellor’s professional lifetime, each of us can find ourselves, and those we love, in its pages. Written in a gentle, kind, easy to read style, it nevertheless goes straight to the heart of the difficulties and problems we encounter in our relationships throughout life, with an understanding born of ...

Kent Hung, the author of Letting Go,released hisbook in May 2019. We wanted to catch up with the new author and see how life had been treating her since he was published. Did you always dream of becoming an author? Since I was little I have always enjoyed reading and listening to people’s life stories and liked the process of creating characters in my head, imagining what they are like and developing a storyline around them. Before writing this novel, I published e...

Orna O'Reilly, author ofThe Blonde in the Gondola, recently released hernew book in July2019. It’s been a long haul getting here, but, at last, my very first novel is coming out this month. It’s a romance called The Blonde in the Gondola and it is set in the wonderfully romantic city of Venice. In late 2012 I closed my interior design business in Galway and moved to Italy a few months later with the express purpose of fulfilling a long-held dream: to write a novel...

Roald Dahl day is here! Today he would have been 103 years old, even to this day,he continues to grab children’s imaginations around the world with his amazing stories and characters we learn to love. From a giant peach to creepy terrifying witches, to a big friendly giant and chocolate rivers. In a bizarre way behind Roald Dahl's work, there is always a lesson we learn in every story that prepares us for adulthood! Matilda teaches us that people can use books as an es...

As the nights are drawing in, the days are getting shorter, the temperature is getting colder, trees are becoming beautiful shades of reds, yellows and golds, the extra layers are coming out, and the smell of pumpkin-spiced candles are wafting throughout people’s homes. That's when you know Autumn is here. Autumn means we are very close to the end of the year, which is the time most of us reflect, why not feed your mind with knowledge and imagination with these fantastic reads...