Click the image to read Sarah French's article from last months issue of Cumbrialife.

I am thrilled that a wonderful review of my latest novel Tamarisk: Love and War in France has appeared as the Editor’s Choice in the...

So many words written by me on so many computers and still my faithful 50p desk bears witness. A big thank you to my desk!

I have asked eminent author, poet and biographer Kathleen Jones to work with me on a new Writers Retreat looking at Life Writing and Autobio

Great evening and such a wonderful audience at The New Bookshop, Cockermouth on June 8th to hear about the 43 years of research to write...

I am very excited to be signing copies of Tamarisk: Love and War in France at The New Bookshop in Cockermouth on Thursday 20th June at 7...

The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy takes place on June 6th 2024. There will be ceremonies around the...

Photographs by Alicia Lester - Rydal Hall May 2023-05-21 We had a wonderful Rydal Hall Writers Retreat weekend this year at the beginning...

I have just said regretful goodbyes to a talented group of writers who took part in my annual Writers' Retreat 2022 at beautiful Rydal...

I have just returned from my Bi-Annual Writers Retreat on beautiful Iona with a wonderful group of writers, all but one of whom have been...

Just a few days till the start of my 25th Iona Writing Retreat. I love working with the talented writers who come on my courses...

Many of the poems in this book have been written in the past weeks as the war in Ukraine has unfolded. The collection is intended to...