When writer Laura Pearson was diagnosed with breast cancer when five months pregnant she never expected it to lead to a three-book publishing deal. She…
Anietie Isong’s debut novel is a funny, satirical portrait of contemporary Nigeria. Keya Modessa meets the man who went from radio reporter to published author.…
The Observer called her the Face of Fiction for 2017. Keya Modessa talks to author Mahsuda Snaith who explains how her debut novel came to…
Nina Stibbe release her new book, An Almost Perfect Christmas late last year and tells Keya Modessa why she’ll never cook a Christmas turkey and how much she…
Adam Longden talks to Pukaar Magazine’s Keya Modessa about his love for his hometown – the setting which inspired his first novel, The Caterpillar Girl…
IT’S EVERY WRITER’S DREAM TO BE TOLD THEIR WORK IS WORTHY OF THE SCREEN, FOR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR LOUISE DOUGHTY, THAT DREAM BECAME A REALITY. SHE…
HELEN WALMSLEY-JOHNSON TALKS TO JENNIFER MORRIS ABOUT HER JOURNEY FROM INVISIBILITY TO THE BOOK SHELVES. Helen Walmsley-Johnson never set out to be a writer. Like…
Local author Kevin J. Adcock never intended for his imaginative stories to become anything more than a keepsake for his son. He speaks about getting…
AWARD WINNING WRITER NICHOLAS HOGG SPEAKS TO JESSICA CHALLONER-STERLAND ABOUT HIS WORK AND ABUNDANCE OF EXCITING EXPERIENCES THAT INSPIRE HIS STORIES. A man with many…
PUKAAR MAGAZINE INTERVIEWED AWARDING WINNING AUTHOR ALISON MOORE BACK IN 2014 TO DISCUSS HER FIRST AND SECOND NOVELS, NOW TWO YEARS LATER SHE’S CELEBRATING THE…
Pukaar Magazine’s Jessica Challoner-Sterland speaks to author, wellness coach and speaker Jess Stuart about her first book, inspired by a journey of self-discovery in order…
LEICESTERSHIRE-BASED AUTHOR FREEDOM ZAMPALADUS SITS DOWN WITH PUKAAR MAGAZINE’S IMOGEN HARRY TO TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE CLASHES HE EXPERIENCED GROWING UP IN ANTIGUA Freedom Zampaladus…
LEICESTERSHIRE-BASED AUTHOR GRAHAM JOYCE SITS DOWN WITH PUKAAR MAGAZINE’S JAMIE ROBERTS TO TALK WRITING, LIVING ON A GREEK ISLAND AND HIS LATEST NOVEL Author of…
PUKAAR TALKS WITH ENTREPRENEUR-TURNED-AUTHOR LOU GIMSON ABOUT THE jOURNEY TO TRIUMPH WITH HER CHART-TOPPING BUSINESS BOOK ‘MAKING IT: WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS REVEAL THEIR SECRETS OF SUCCESS’…
Children’s author Pippa Goodhart chats about her struggle to find a publisher, why she loves writing for youngsters, and how the city of Leicester influenced…
by Sally Jack Perhaps there is something wordy in the water in Leicester after the announcement on March 16 that four of the books shortlisted…
Renowned Indian novelist Chetan Bhagat speaks to Pukaar Magazine about his Gujarati roots and his role in UTV’s forthcoming Bollywood flick. Bhagat has co written…
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