Shelly’s Scribblings

Read, cook, eat, repeat.

A monthly postcard from the English countryside: nature, the rural year, and a village newsletter. Book news and other personal updates at the top.

Essays on the lives and literature of women.

Writing on writers - Nancy, Agatha, various Elizabeths and more. And on other things, from classical ballet to classic murder trials. Whatever interests me, and I hope you also.

Exploring fiction of the 1920s and 30s, the crossover of economics and fiction, stories of the Great Depression, women writers from historical novelist E.J. Barnes, author of Mr Keynes' Revolution

The true-life stories behind my 1920s murder mystery novels

My biography of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, Literature for the People, is out now. I mostly write about people, authors and history, late 19th and early 20th century. Now working on a particular group of 20th century women linked to the Labour Party

A publication for professionals who want to pivot and prioritise their writing to engage with nature, home, and place.