Introducing DIRTY MONEY: announcement in The Bookseller
By Staff, 13th February 2024Features The first quotes are in for my new Farrow & Chang series, publishing with Baskerville in early 2025
Hannah Suri Lieven, 5, ReigateFrom Spain to Slovenia, Germany to Glasgow, the entries for the first ever MOTHERLAND DRAWS competition with Anorak magazine landed thick and fast – and we were truly blown away by the standard of entries.
After much deliberation – and some heated debate – we are delighted to announce the winners of both the Under-5s and Under-10s categories… There were so many brilliant entries, and every single one was a winner in its own right so we’d like to send everyone who took part a pack of crayons by way of thanks. Please do email us your postal address, so we can send your prize.
Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to be part of our competition, every single picture brought a smile to our faces. Now, without further ado…
UNDER-5s
First prize
William Lowson, 5Second prize
Lily Harris, 4, EssexThird prize
Hannah Suri Lieven, 5, ReigateUNDER-10s
First prize
Luca Avila, 8, San FranciscoSecond prize
Third prize
Olive-Ann, 6, GlasgowSpecial mention…
Doris Ward, 7More in Features
Features The first quotes are in for my new Farrow & Chang series, publishing with Baskerville in early 2025
Exclusive excerpt: THE END OF SUMMER
By Staff, 7th December 2023Features Read the prologue from my forthcoming novel - 'a bold, nuanced literary thriller dripping with secrets and deadly glamour’ - publishing in June 2024
By Staff, 6th November 2023
Features My new literary suspense THE END OF SUMMER announced in The Bookseller
From book to screen
By Charlotte Philby, 28th February 2023Features Free resources and tips for would be screenwriters, from a complete novice - and some professionals - as I navigate the process of adapting my novels for TV and film
‘A tremendous achievement’ William Boyd
By Charlotte Philby, 20th April 2022Features A Sunday Times best book of the month, here is Edith and Kim in review - and where to find signed first editions
Observer New Review Q&A
By Staff, 22nd March 2022Features An interview with Stephanie Merritt about Edith and Kim, the perils of writing about family, and why female spies often get overlooked
Researching Edith and Kim
By Staff, 17th November 2021Features From a compendium of stories about life at the Bauhaus to a Modernist memoir by the founder of the iconic Isokon, here are some of the books that inspired my forthcoming novel
Edith Tudor-Hart: The “grandmother” of the Cambridge Spies
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features For the Telegraph, I wrote about the woman who recruited my grandfather to the Soviets - the subject of my forthcoming novel Edith and Kim
John le Carré: The writer who made me want to write
By Staff, 31st August 2021Features My tribute to the late - and truly great - master of spy fiction, for the i paper
Book festivals 2021
By Staff, 19th August 2021Features From a celebration of the life of John le Carré at Cheltenham to an exploration of women and crime in Chiswick, please join me at one of the following events, across the country (and the internet!)