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The Question That Led Tanya Sweeney to Write Esther Is Now Following You

The Question That Led Tanya Sweeney to Write Es...

Rebecca McDonnell

When I was in my twenties, and before I got my journalism career off the ground, I worked in the music industry; specifically at a handful of record labels and...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Question That Led Tanya Sweeney to Write Es...

When I was in my twenties, and before I got my journalism career off the ground, I worked in the music industry; specifically at a handful of record labels and...

The Story Behind Room 706 from the Author, Ellie Levenson (December PREM1ER)

The Story Behind Room 706 from the Author, Elli...

Rebecca McDonnell

The idea for Room 706 came about when my children were very young. I was sotired that all I wanted to do was to go to a hotel, shut the...

Rebecca McDonnell

The Story Behind Room 706 from the Author, Elli...

The idea for Room 706 came about when my children were very young. I was sotired that all I wanted to do was to go to a hotel, shut the...

A Letter From A.D. Bell (November 2025 PREM1ER)

A Letter From A.D. Bell (November 2025 PREM1ER)

Rebecca McDonnell

Dearest Reader, Books hold a unique magic. They are time travel and telepathy, escapism and truth, empathy and wonder. And that’s often just the stories inside. The objects themselves are...

Rebecca McDonnell

A Letter From A.D. Bell (November 2025 PREM1ER)

Dearest Reader, Books hold a unique magic. They are time travel and telepathy, escapism and truth, empathy and wonder. And that’s often just the stories inside. The objects themselves are...

A Letter From Joe Hill - Author of King Sorrow (October 2025 PREM1ER)

A Letter From Joe Hill - Author of King Sorrow ...

Rebecca McDonnell

Dear Reader, It’s been almost a decade since my last novel, The Fireman, and how’s that for a head trip? It wasn’t like I pulled a J.D. Salinger vanishing act....

Rebecca McDonnell

A Letter From Joe Hill - Author of King Sorrow ...

Dear Reader, It’s been almost a decade since my last novel, The Fireman, and how’s that for a head trip? It wasn’t like I pulled a J.D. Salinger vanishing act....

Behind the Matchbox Girl: Unearthing Forgotten Voices in Vienna

Behind the Matchbox Girl: Unearthing Forgotten ...

Rebecca McDonnell

Dear Readers, The writing of The Matchbox Girl began with a simple question: who was the real Dr Asperger? Back in 2017, when I first began to read about Dr...

Rebecca McDonnell

Behind the Matchbox Girl: Unearthing Forgotten ...

Dear Readers, The writing of The Matchbox Girl began with a simple question: who was the real Dr Asperger? Back in 2017, when I first began to read about Dr...

From Penpals to Shadows: The Echoes of Iceland’s Past - A Letter from Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

From Penpals to Shadows: The Echoes of Iceland’...

Rebecca McDonnell

August 2025 Dear Reader, When I was a little girl, my great-grandmother would always save the children’s section of the Sunday morning newspaper for me. It wasn’t just puzzles and...

Rebecca McDonnell

From Penpals to Shadows: The Echoes of Iceland’...

August 2025 Dear Reader, When I was a little girl, my great-grandmother would always save the children’s section of the Sunday morning newspaper for me. It wasn’t just puzzles and...