BOOKENDS CHRISTMAS | FAVOURITE THING ABOUT THE FESTIVE SEASON

The festive period has officially arrived and we could not be more excited! In the run up to Christmas we’ll be talking to authors, Linda Green, Jill Mansell, Jo Thomas and Holly Miller about Christmas traditions, presents and books for next year. To start spreading the Christmas joy, we asked our authors what’s their favourite thing about the festive season.

Linda Green, author of One Moment

Spending time with my family. My husband and I are both self-employed and my teenage son is always busy with drama classes, rehearsals and filming, so it’s a rare treat for the three of us to have a couple of days off together. Christmas Eve is my favourite day of the festive season and we usually go to the theatre and for a nice meal. Christmas Day involves a lie-in, a walk in the glorious West Yorkshire countryside, followed by a late veggie mezze lunch and snuggling in front of some good films with Booja Booja chocolate truffles on hand!

Pre-order One Moment by today – out in e-book December 1^st and in paperback March 5^th 2020.

Follow Linda on Twitter here and on Facebook here.

Jill Mansell, author of It Started with a Secret

I have loads of favourite things about Christmas, but driving around at night looking at decorated houses is right up there. I think people who do this are always lovely people, and the more extravagantly sparkly their homes are, the more I love them. (And yes, of course we decorate ours – if people wouldn’t think I was mad I’d happily keep them up all year!)

You can pre-order It Started with a Secret is now – out January 23^rd 2020

Follow Jill Mansell on Twitter here and on Facebook here.

Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

Christmas tunes have got to be up there. The cheesier, the better. A bit of Mariah, a few bars of Buble, and I’m happy. Oh, and carte blanche to eat mince pies for breakfast throughout December.

The Sight of You is out June 2020 and available to pre-order now.

Follow Holly Miller on Twitter here.

Jo Thomas, author of Coming Home to Winter Island

What is your favourite thing about the festive season? I love getting the Christmas Tree. We usually go to a Christmas Tree farm and choose it as a family. It’s the start of festive season. I just love the smell of it filling the house. And then of course, my other favourite time is cooking the Christmas dinner! A glass of bubbly, in the kitchen, BBC Radio 2 playing whilst the family either walk the dogs or go to church.  That quiet time in the kitchen as the smell of turkey fills the house like a great big hug is my favourite time.

Coming Home to Winter Island is available to pre-order now – out December 12^th 2019.

Follow Jo Thomas on Twitter here and on Facebook here.

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