Members and honoured guests are looking forward to the
annual Romantic Novelists Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Awards on
Monday 16th March 2015 at the Gladstone Library, Whitehall place,
London. Our special guest who will present the main award is well known author.
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Barbara Taylor
Bradford is the
bestselling author of the enduring novel A
Woman of Substance, which has sold over 32 million copies since its publication in 1979 and launched the
career of one of Britain’s most beloved and iconic story-tellers. Barbara’s
novels have sold more than 88 million
copies worldwide, in more than ninety countries and forty languages, and no
less than ten mini-series and television movies have been made of her books.
Born and raised in England, Barbara began her writing career on the Yorkshire
Evening Post and later worked as a journalist in Fleet Street. She is a
forthright and popular commentator on everything from marriage to fashion, and
her journalism has appeared across the national press. Barbara lives in New York City with her husband,
television producer Robert Bradford.
We asked Barbara
her thoughts as she prepares to be the guest presenter at the Romantic Novelists Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Awards event. “I’m
filled with curiosity to know who the winners will be and am looking forward to
it. I know there will be a lot excitement and anticipations from the
shortlisted authors.”
What
would her advice be to the many writers just starting out on their writing
careers?
“To do what Ernest Hemingway once said: ‘put your bottom on a chair and sit at a desk for as long as it takes
in order to start and finish a novel’. That is how it gets done!”
Barbara’s much awaited
30th novel, The Cavendon Women will be published on 24th
March 2015 by Harper Collins. A sweeping multi-generational saga for fans of
Downton Abbey is set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring
twenties change the family’s fortunes forever.
The
Cavendon Women:
1926. One stately
home’s future lies with four very different young women …
On
a summer weekend in 1926 the Ingham family gathers at Cavendon Hall, the great
house in Yorkshire that has been their home for centuries, summoned by the
Earl. With them are the Swanns who have
served the house for generations – and know all their secrets.
The
estate is under threat: the
aftermath of the Great War has left Cavendon facing ruin. Its heir is pushing for divorce so he can
follow his heart. And the Earl has a
surprise of his own.
Four
young women from both sides of the house will be the ones to shape its future –
Daphne, fighting to modernise her ancestral home; Cecily Swann, forging a path
as a fashion designer in London; Deidre, the career girl, and Dulcie, the
outspoken debutante. They will change the
estate’s future for good or ill as the roaring twenties burn towards the Great
Depression. Nothing will ever be the same again …
Thank you for
sparing time to contribute to the RNA blog, Barbara and we look forward to
seeing you along with all writers at the awards evening.
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