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March 20, 2015

Novel Extracts Available!

I was recently made aware of a wonderful little website called WattPad. I seem to remember […]
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January 24, 2015

The Drowning Pool, Syd Moore

The Swanwick Writers’ Summer School of 2013 was a pivotal time in my writing journey. It […]
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January 13, 2015

Robert Harris: Fatherland

You know what I love about writing this blog? I now have a reason to read […]
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September 23, 2014

Simon Hall: The TV Detective

I’m not usually a reader of crime fiction, I must admit. Not since my days of […]
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January 4, 2014

Elizabeth Gilbert: A Signature of All Things

Some months ago, I was lucky enough to get a ticket to Bloomsbury Publishing, London, for […]
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December 24, 2013

Merry Christmas Everyone!

So, here we are. I’ve arrived in West Cumbria, chez Mama and Papa, amid severe gales […]
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December 12, 2013

Triskaidekaphobia, friggatriskaidekaphobia and an Etymologist comes to Warwickshire!

As 2013 draws to a close and we look forward to a brand new year, we […]
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August 8, 2013

Kazuo Ishiguro: Never Let Me Go

This critically acclaimed novel, shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2005, is yet another tome […]
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July 22, 2013

William Golding: Lord of the Flies

Following on from my post regarding books I read as a child here, I have recently […]
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July 9, 2013

Alan Bennett: Smut

I never had Alan Bennett down as a writer of prose. An accomplished playwright, certainly. Something of […]
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