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For the love of libraries: Guest post by Eva Glyn, author of ‘The Croatian Island Library’
This week I'm delighted to welcome my British author friend Eva Glyn (who also writes as Jane Cable) to my blog. Eva has a special post for you about what libraries mean to her and how they feature in her recent book, The Croatian Island Library, a moving contemporary...
My top three tips for winter coziness, comfort & cheer
Despite living in Canada, I'm not a winter person. While British friends post photos of snowdrops and green daffodil shoots, I look out my window at snowdrifts knowing it will be almost three months before I see any such signs of spring here. This January has seemed...
How book editing is like January decluttering
Hello, 2026 and wishing you all the best for this new year. While the holiday season is over, it’s still Christmas in my world as I’m working on edits for two seasonal books. One is A Small Town Family Christmas (September 2026), third in my Jen Gilroy Strawberry Pond...
All I want for Christmas
For those who mark Christmas, it’s the season to celebrate the Nativity, gather with family and friends, put up sparkly decorations, exchange brightly-wrapped gifts and more. It’s also a time of joy and renewal, love and hope and to observe the turning of another...
When Jane Austen messaged me
Since my first book was published in 2017, many things about the author life have surprised me. There are the obvious ones... Juggling multiple deadlines and books at different stages. Learning how the publishing business works. And how much of a writer’s time is...
Lovely London: Where past and present meet
I first lived in London, England as a university student and from then until now, it’s a city that will always have a special place in my heart. As part of my recent UK trip, I spent three days in London and, although too brief, it was still special. The past In...
British autumn adventures
As most of you know, I have two homes, Canada and England. And while I now live in a part of Canada where my Irish family roots on my mother’s side extend to the 1820s, I also have British ancestry and spent many years living and working in England. This week, I’m...
Welcome to Strawberry Pond: Introducing “The Hero Next Door”
With The Teacher Evacuees, my WW2 British home front story as Rose Warner having come out last week, this week it’s my next Jen Gilroy sweet contemporary romance, The Hero Next Door. Published by Harlequin Heartwarming, “uplifting stories where the bonds of family,...
WW2 British Teachers: The ‘silent evacuees’
The countdown is on! The Teacher Evacuees, my first historical women’s fiction/saga novel as Rose Warner, is out in e-book and audiobook (narrated by Laurel Lefkow and with a different cover) worldwide and paperback (UK) on 25 September. My publisher, Canelo, calls it...
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