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by LizH
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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by LizH
August 16, 2013

Swanwick Writers’ Summer School: Reflections

What an amazing week! I am thrilled to report that my first Swanwick Summer School was […]
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by LizH
August 9, 2013

Swanwick Eve

Tomorrow I’m off to my very first residential writing event in Swanwick, Derbyshire (see link here). […]
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by LizH
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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by LizH
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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by LizH
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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by LizH
June 28, 2013

Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love

Every now and then, you come across a book which, quite literally, changes your life. Maybe […]
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by LizH
June 18, 2013

Exeter Writing Retreat

One of the most wonderful things I have gained by joining the Urban Writers’ website (http://www.urbanwritersretreat.co.uk/) is […]
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by LizH
April 24, 2013

Revisiting Children’s Favourites

One wonderful thing which has come from following my recent writing project, the Get Writing! Bootcamp is […]
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by LizH
April 22, 2013

Sue Townsend: The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year

I don’t think there’s a Christmas I can think of where my mother hasn’t bought me […]
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