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Mary Stewart: a thank you

I have a confession to make: I don’t have any Mary Stewart books on my bookshelf. Our bookshelves I was astonished to discover this. As a teenager, I devoured her books. I blame my mother: she...

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A surprise in the post

There was no blog post last week. I had a week off. I have reasons: it was half term (excuse #1) and I was away camping (excuse #2) but there was a more fundamental reason. Disillusionment. Not really...

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Meeting God

Last week I went with my friend’s daughter (H) to a talk and book signing arranged by our local independent book shop. Now H has just completed her finals and was home for a few days before returning...

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Happy Jólabókaflóð

I was reminded again this year of the Jólabókaflóð: Iceland’s Christmas Book Flood. Iceland publishes more books per capita than any other country, and new books are typically published only during...

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Spring clean?

Things I ought to be doing…

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Good Friday…

… is only half the story.

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Happy Easter!

The joy of resurrection after days cocooned in a tomb.

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A bit of an update

Apologies for the recent silence: Easter, holidays and general chaos have slowed me down. Not that I’ve been idle. Beware the Falling Avocados has now reached the stage of waiting for a proof copy to...

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