The most hyped novel of the year ‘The Language of Flowers’, a debut for a young American writer, has been published in Britain. Damaged and alone, Victoria, 18, can only connect with people using the Victorian language of flowers. Here author Vanessa Diffenbaugh speaks to EWN’s Alfredo Bloy.

Despite writing 22 books in 15 years, David Baldacci – who spent a family holiday in Spain last summer – almost “never knows” how his stories will end.  Here he speaks to Nicole Hallett.

KNOWN for the soulful voice behind 1990s' pop sensation the 'M People', Heather Small is visiting Spain for a concert in Marbella next month. She tells EWN reporter Nicole Hallett about stage fright and her favourite dance as a contestant in 2008 Strictly Come Dancing.

THE youngest of six brothers Javier Garcia Leon, 37, was born in Villamiel, a village of fewer than 1,000 inhabitants located in Caceres Province, in Western Spain. Javier moved to Madrid after finishing law school in Caceres. “In the year 1996, being in college, I joined the PSOE, the day after they lost the general elections, I went to the Socialist Party´s headquarters with the firm conviction that it was time to become a part and participate,” he said.

Friedrich Schatz, owns the environmentally friendly Bodega F Schatz based at Finca Sanguijuela in Ronda. He comes from a German family who have been vine growing since 1641. How does a German end up in Ronda producing wine? At 18, I knew two things, one was that I wanted to be a vine-grower (the family business) and the other was that I didn’t wanted to do it back home in Germany.