by VerveBooksBlog | Oct 8, 2024 | Uncategorised
I was curious about a lot of things when I started writing The Rest Of You. I was thinking about my Ghanaian heritage, about the life of my mother before she had me, and about what being Ghanaian meant to me, as someone who grew up Black in Britain. I don’t...
by VerveBooksBlog | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorised
Influence is a funny thing. Ira Glass once spoke quite eloquently about the taste-talent gap – that is, the space between the things an artist likes and the things she has the capacity to create. And so she creates, because an artist can’t help herself from...
by VerveBooksBlog | Sep 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
As autumn draws in and the new term begins, pick up a campus novel for some nostalgic after-school reading… Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld Fittingly described as ‘The OC meets The Secret History with flashes of Clueless’ (Observer) and ‘Sweet Valley High as written by...
by VerveBooksBlog | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorised
Blue Hour started, as many things do, with a kernel of an idea. I knew I wanted to write a story about a multi-ethnic couple in which the wife was uncertain about having children. I’d had this image of a couple in my head for a while and was excited to start...
by VerveBooksBlog | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
Inspired by C. Michelle Lindley’s recently published novel The Nude, we’ve put together a list of what to read based off of your favourite painting. Pick your favourite piece from the gallery, and we’ll tell you what you should be reading next: ‘Midsummer Eve’ (1908)...
