CLARE FLYNN

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

At the time we were living in the middle of nowhere in Yorkshire and it was a very lonely time for me and a period when I was bullied...

My office was just down the road beside Darling Harbour and I used to have the occasional beer after work in the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel –...

Continuing my new blog series, featuring important items from my life. In the second of the series, I invite you to meet "The Lady at the Fountain", who has sat on my mantelpiece for many years and has a special place in my childhood memories...

The first in a new series of blog posts where I discuss items of significance in my life - starting with a treasured painting.

Reviews for the Penang Series Known as the Penang Historischer Roman  in German, here are some of my favourites comments from readers.....

I’m usually alternating between fiction and non-fiction, and quite often it’s for research – either for my own books, or to broaden my...

The setting for Sisters at War draws on my childhood memories. My latest novel takes place in 1940-41 in the city of Liverpool, on the high seas of the Atlantic and eventually in Australia. Today, I thought I’d tell you about the area of Liverpool where Hannah and her sister Judith live in a large house, The Laurels, on Moss Lane.

Clare Flynn shares memories of living in Paris in the late 80s/90s and how she is drawing on these to inform her work in progress.

Nine times out of ten when it comes to writing a new book my start point is geographic location. It might be a particular country, or...

From the museum we were taken on a guided walk through the grounds, learning about Maori history as well as the local flora and fauna. We...

I was afraid my upset stomach would prevent me visiting – but I had no trouble on that score. Never one to cope well in heat I found the...

We arrived in Papeete, Tahiti at 7pm. I can't begin to tell you what joy it was to escape the confines of the ship – which I had long...

Possible writerly inspiration I've decided to add this section to the end of all my Round the World posts. Nothing here that immediately...

Happy New Year and Happy New Decade to all my readers The last decade has been a momentous one for me in so many ways – a period of...

This morning I was enjoying reading today’s story in the Discovering Diamonds December Story from a Song series  If you haven’t been...