Throughout 2024, my last blog post of each month will be a conversation with one of my author friends, talking about an aspect of their writing life that I hope will interest my readers too.
When I heard that my author friend Jane Davis was writing a novel about bookselling in late eighteenth-century London, I couldn’t wait to read it. I’m passionate about booksellers, intrigued by the book trade and its history, and I’m a Londoner – so I knew before I read it that I’d love The Bookseller’s Wife. I’m delighted to welcome Jane to my blog today to tell us more about the story behind the novel and the history of the bookselling trade.