Lies and Loyalties
‘Rachel Billington has created an utterly gripping page-turner.’ Spectator
Rachel Billington’s new book, Lies and Loyalties, was published on April 3, 2008. It is about a family of four brothers and one sister, an MP, a QC, a Catholic priest, a brother who suffers from mental problems and his wife who at the beginning of the novel is resident in Her Majesty’s Prison Holloway.
Other Writing
- The Man who tried to Kill his Wife with a Goose
- Christmas Eve started early for Lawrence. Daisy, given special permission to club till midnight, arrived ba… Read more
- Dancemoon
- ‘We’re dancing to the moon,’ said Arthur, moving, it has to be admitted, a little stiffly like the old man… Read more
- Friendship
- It can start in all sorts of strange places: in a pram, up a climbing frame, over a desk, in hospital, unde… Read more
Writing is like Riding a Bicycle
Writing is like riding a bicycle. You never forget how. Over the years you learn how to do skids and wheelies and jump wild distances. But how long will an audience be interested in a trick cyclist?
I write for readers and that’s because I’ve always been obsessive about reading. In my slothful teenage years, I could get through three novels a day: Rosamund Lehman, Ian Fleming or Dostoevsky.
I had my first novel published when I was twenty seven. Eighteen novels later, 
I’m still creating new faces, new voices. I have to impersonate each one – even the killers.
Maybe writing is more like being an actor than riding a bicycle. Or maybe it’s like an actor riding a bicycle with a pen in her hand and her head in the clouds. RB
Events
- 10th May 2008
-
WC Writers Association Annual Lunch
Location: Bristol
RB attends as President of the West Country Writers Association
- 29th May 2008
-
Visit: HMP/YOI Parc, Bridgend
Location: Wales, UK
Talk about Lies and Loyalties and creative writing session. In conjunction with English PEN and the Hay Festival.