CLARE FLYNN

Clare Flynn stays at Galle Face Hotel, a key location in two of her Penang Series novels.

Sadly, I never met either of my grandfathers – they both died in the 1930s when my parents were still children. My paternal grandfather,...

Evening at the beach When I was in Sri Lanka recently, I started writing what would have been my seventeenth novel. At that stage, I...

People sometimes ask me why I love writing retreats. Surely you can write just as easily in your own home, or in a library or coffee...

I’d had a writing drought for three months. Not what I’d expected when I set off to sail around the world in one hundred and thirty days....

I’ve been doing writing retreats for ten years. Not the sort with tutors but ones where you can hunker down and do some serious writing...

I love writing retreats. Not organised ones with tutors, but small gatherings with other authors in attractive or new surroundings to...