I first met Nicola at a Roseland Festival event at which Cornwall based author, Patrick Gale, spoke about his work. Over tea and scones afterwards, Nicola and I got talking about her...

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A former journalist and now film editor, working on anything from features to drama, Rob now works from his home studio, editing commercials and promo videos as well as writing. He lives...

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James was born in Manchester and played guitar in various band before becoming the accordion player with The Pogues. His book ‘Here Comes Everybody’ was reviewed on Roseland online last month. He...

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It’s very difficult to get an interview with Jasper Fforde, but I met up with him briefly at the launch of his latest book ‘The Woman Who Died A Lot’ The good...

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Novelist and newspaper columnist Tony Parsons has already achieved success as a multi-million selling author of novels including Man and Boy (1999), One For My Baby (2001), Man and Wife(2003), The Family...

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As well as writing fiction, Patrick has written for television and published a biography of Armistead Maupin. On Twitter, he describes himself as a “gardener, cellist, cook, whippet-walker and, when time allows,...

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Jutta was born between Düsseldorf, which she describes as “a town nobody outside Germany knows” and Cologne, “a town people from Düsseldorf hate – not only because it’s more famous”. She has...

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Given Virginia’s literary pedigree, the obvious place to start is with the question, have you always wanted to be a writer? “I used to write fairy stories when I was little, but...

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Tony Berry is hard to pin down, whether at home in Australia or at home in Cornwall, so, having read his book and a little of his story in the West Briton,...

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I reviewed this book for Roseland online back in 2009 and I was keen to find out what’s happened since and what Paul is working on now. “My book was really about...

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