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Wimbledon Bookfest

I hope you will forgive a little plug for my home town’s book festival, Wimbledon Bookfest, which takes place from 3rd – 11th October. The festival is launched with a community event in St Mark’s Place in the town centre on Saturday 3rd. Although the theme of this year’s festival is Darwin, one of the highlights…
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Radio 4 Bookclub

Yesterday, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend a recording of Radio 4’s Bookclub and to put questions to Linda Grant, author of When I Lived in Modern Times, which won the Orange Book Award in 2000. Linda spoke beautifully, so much so that she had answered most of the questions on my list…
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Back from the land of the Bard

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in the shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. (Julius…
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Weather 1 Tee Shirt 0

The intention had been to take my author t-shirt on tour in the Lake District and to have my photo taken on the top of every peak wearing it. Sadly, the weather didn’t want to co-operate. Either it was too wet, too windy or simply to cold to consider getting changed. Thus, the t-shirt only…
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