ANNA MACKENZIE

Late July heralded Evie's official arrival into the world (though she'd been with me far longer!). The launch, held in the beautiful...

Africa excels at bureaucracy. No doubt the knack was acquired during the colonial past, but the locals have gone on to develop a...

Putting together a website takes more time and energy than you imagine. Alongside your allocation of t + e, I recommend a multiple-use...

Fair to say I'm a very occasional blogger. There always seems to be a deadline that is more pressing. Maybe that's as it should be: those...

August is always a busy month, filled with everything but writing. I have a couple of annual teaching commitments and no less than three...

My new title, sequel to Cattra's Legacy, hits the shelves this week. This book seems to have come into being very fast - partly because I...

A hectic few months of completing a novel, editing a magazine, catching up with my family, and I'm off again, heading to London for the...

A month of dedicated writing time disappears more quickly than you can imagine. But not without trace: 50,000 words, thousands of...

Three cock pheasants fighting at the edge of the woods beyond my door. They leap at one another then wander about quite contentedly, so I...

Villa Hellebos, my home for the next month, is peaceful, comfortable, charming. And - most important - it really does deliver time and...