by Clare Flynn | Mar 28, 2018
One of my novels, The Chalky Sea, is set here in Eastbourne during the Second World War. This is a book that I never planned to write – until two years ago, when I moved back to the town where I spent my teens and discovered something I’d never known then – that...
by Clare Flynn | Mar 3, 2018
Often the trigger for me in writing a book is its setting. My imagination is captured by a particular location. There will be something specific that is the source of its appeal to me as a writer and then I think how I can bring it to life on the page. I then dream up...
by Clare Flynn | Aug 11, 2017
This is the first of a few brief tours of some of the locations from The Chalky Sea. It was a beautiful morning today (9th August) here in Eastbourne so I decided to take some pictures at Holywell which is a favourite haunt of Gwen in the book. The beaches here are...
by Clare Flynn | Oct 17, 2016
I’ve written before about Middlesbrough, the setting for my third novel, Letters from a Patchwork Quilt, but I read a fascinating piece this morning about the town in the 19th century that made me want to write about it again. It was an article from the...
by Clare Flynn | Jun 13, 2016
I wrote recently about the invasion that never happened and how it left its marks on Cuckmere Haven. Today I’m going to share with you a couple of small clues about WW2 from the roads around my home here in Meads, Eastbourne. During the War there were several...
