Every second Wed. of the month, a group of romantic and other novelists in and around Exeter meet for lunch there, as part of the RNA Devon Chapter. Here, in February 2016, I interview 3 writers about their craft and recent projects. B.D. Hawkey talks books, tricorn hats and the filming of Poldark; Cathie Hartigan (shown on cover) reveals the secrets behind her debut slipstream novel; and Marion Lindsey-Noble discusses The Real Marigold Hotel and her own exotic bent in her Bangladesh-set fiction.