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The Land in Winter – Andrew Miller
When we were in Boston a couple of years ago, we went out of the city to Concord to see the house of Louisa May Alcott. In the little high street was a lovely bookshop and inevitably we browsed and bought. At the time of paying I must have given my email address because ever […]
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What’s In A Name?
Depending where you look, pseudonyms and nom de plumes are synonymous…or not. If you want to be pedantic then nom de plume is obviously a name for writing whilst a pseudonym would be simply a name to hide your identity. However, most websites seem to use them interchangeably. This subject came to my mind because […]
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Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell
My granddaughter and I worked our way through Narnia, Harry Potter and the Hobbit during lockdown times and then she swiftly moved onto Katherine Rundell and I felt I ought to follow. I loved ‘The Rooftoppers’ but ‘Impossible Creatures’ is really something else. I would never say that fantasy is my favourite genre but if […]
I grew up in freezing cold Kent in the 1950s and early 60s. The airing cupboard was the one place to curl up comfortably and read. The cat sometimes chose to join me. He too knew where it was warm …
Susan Brice