Dispatches from Alliott Country

With the last of the summer days long gone, I found an article I’d written before our annual August family holiday in Tuscany – thought I would share happy memories. “And so the summer holiday looms. A week at the end of August, the annual jaunt to the South of France...

Ask 100 writers what the root of their inspiration is and, most likely, they’ll all reference something different. For bestselling author Catherine Alliott, the basis for her craft is simple: ‘Pastoral landscapes and country living in Hertfordshire.’
Smiling, she...

A behind the scenes conversation with the bestselling author - Catherine Alliott What is your earliest reading memory? Well, I’m hoping I read long before this but my first actual memory is lying face down on the window seat in the dining room reading The Secret Seven...