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A Dickens of a Christmas
Every year around this time I re-read ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens to get me in the mood for the weeks to come. In amongst all the shopping, wrapping, cooking and cleaning it is difficult to...
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Dickens on writing
‘Be natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.‘ The last words of Charles Dickens (1812-1870). Dickens Dream by Robert William Buss (1804–1875)Filed under:...
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“I Hated Your Book”
Last year I read Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn, which I enjoyed, so my ears pricked up when I heard that she had another book coming out soon. So I went to her website, on which I discovered her...
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Happy Birthday Dickens!
Happy 200th Birthday to Charles Dickens (1812-70), the greatest of all authors and a daily inspiration. Beautiful Dickens necklace, found on Etsy (click picture for link) “All of us have wonders hidden...
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Jane Austen’s House
“There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort” – Emma (Jane Austen) Last week my mother and I took a trip to the lovely Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton, Hampshire. Jane spent the last...
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Mythbusting: The End for books
Guilt trips and warnings that THE END IS NIGH will not stop the digital revolution in publishing. Doom and gloom predictions that writers will be working for 1p a novel, that mid list authors will...
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