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Finding the spark: one author’s inspiration for a second novel

7 May 2020 By Gill Thompson

When Gill Thompson’s publishers gave her a deadline for her second novel, she reached into her emotional response to a historical event in order to find the spark that ignited The Child On Platform One. My first novel, The Oceans Between Us, came out of a chance discovery about the child migrant story whilst listening […]

The Child On Platform One by Gill Thompson

19 March 2020 By Editor

Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away – even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being […]

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