ESSIE FOX BOOKS

Theda Bara I still feel as if I’m coming up for air after writing The Last Days of Leda Grey. It was such an immersive experience, and part of the novel’s allure for me was creating its central character. Leda Grey is her own unique fictional self, but visually I was  inspired by a real-life […]

I’m delighted to say that The Last Days of Leda Grey has been selected for the BBC Radio Ulster Book Club which features on the Kerry McLean show. The book will be discussed in full on January. In the meantime, you can listen to what the inspiring Esther Haller-Clarke has to say about Leda and other new titles […]

On Thursday December 8, I talked to a group of students who are members of the Creative Writing Course at Canterbury Christchurch University ~ discussing inspiration and how ‘Writing Comes Alive’ for me. I’m sure no-one will be surprised that I spoke about all the works of art that inspired my Victorian novels, and then the […]

  Leda Grey ~ written and performed by Kirsten Morrison On November 10 2016 Leda Grey was officially launched at the Cinema Museum in South London. This fabulously atmospheric venue was packed with friends and family, as well of my agents and publishers. Hopefully everyone who came along enjoyed the evening as much as me. […]

The night before the publication of The Last Days of Leda Grey, I was in the town where the book is set – attending the fabulous Bookish Supper Salon at the Brighton & Hove Regency Town House. The Town House is the most splendid venue, and it’s currently being lovingly restored by a team of […]