Book Review: Wag
I get excited by books. I have more books in my home than I’m ever likely to read. When my ‘to be read’ piles – they’re more like stacks – threaten to topple over,...
I get excited by books. I have more books in my home than I’m ever likely to read. When my ‘to be read’ piles – they’re more like stacks – threaten to topple over,...
I’m always humbled by stories people share of how my books touch their lives. When I first wrote about Susie-Belle, I had no idea how her story would be received, or if readers would...
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. A favourite Maya Angelou quote. She’s right, of course, phenomenal woman, great thinker, savvy human being that she was. I am...
I recently completed a writing course with the University of East Anglia. The UEA are world leaders in teaching creative writing, with an alumni featuring literary shining lights such as Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan...
It doesn’t seem long ago that we were in the UK filming with the team from ITV’s Britain’s Top 100 Dogs. At the time, knowing it wouldn’t be screened until the end of January...
There’s nothing quite like making the decision to get working on another book and putting that decision down on paper. All my books begin life in notebooks, sometimes they languish for a long time...
Since adopting Susie-Belle in 2011 and beginning to write about our life together, I’ve wanted to use my writing to help dogs like her. Dogs which experience an unbelievable amount of cruelty and neglect...
Schnauzerfest changes lives. This isn’t an opinon, it’s a bold fact and here’s just one story which supports this solid statement. Every year, Marta joins the Bradgate Schnauzerfest Walk in Leicester with her dogs...
The Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre is always a place where I enjoy spending time. It has a special place in my affections as it’s there that Susie-Belle spent her first six months out...
Sunday will see me attending the annual Diana Brimblecombe Animal Rescue Centre summer Fun Day. It will be the 6th time for me, the third without my little friend Susie-Belle at my side and...