Megan HadgraftJan 14, 20232 min readCalm Blue SeaUnlike the other sample chapters from 'Bad Liver and a Broken Heart', this isn't a chapter disguised as a self-contained short story....
Megan HadgraftJan 2, 20232 min read21 Mildmay RoadI love Christmas, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. At the coldest, darkest time of the year, I have no objections to eating lots of...
Megan HadgraftJan 2, 20232 min readComfort and JoyI like this time 'Between the Years', as it is called in Germany. I've also seen it called Twixtmas and Chrimbo Limbo. Nothing much...
Megan HadgraftNov 12, 20222 min readCreating 'Mess'This story marked a turning point in my life, although I didn't know that at the time of writing. So often, we don't realise that...
Megan HadgraftOct 16, 20223 min readCreating 'The Rosegarden'Reading over 'The Rosegarden', and remembering the process of writing it, it seems I needed around 17 years to get it to come together....
Megan HadgraftSep 23, 20223 min readLockdown: The Stories That Made The StoryI love hearing stories. Here are a few which inspired me to write Lockdown. A physiotherapist I had back in London told me a story that...
Megan HadgraftSep 14, 20222 min readThe Story Behind 'Books, Men and Money'It's nice to feel a bit of magic in everyday life, and when I was writing Books, Men and Money, I felt an element of magic. I was getting...