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The Book Lover's Almanac: December highlights
"In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow." The Dunciad (1728) by Alexander Pope
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Going Native, Chapter 15: Diary of a birth - Part II
With some excitement we have been awaiting his first word...
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School stories: The ideas cauldron strikes again
Old is good, but can it appeal to readers in the 21st century?
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The Twelve Reads of Christmas
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The Wedding Present: Like a poem or a book or something
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What do writers DO all day?
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Time Management: the glamorous side of writing
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Going Native: Chapter 7 - Part I
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Out now in new paperback edition just in time for Christmas
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Going Native, Chapter 15: Diary of a birth - Part I
"Children are more sons of the times than they are of their fathers." Marc Bloch
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Coming soon: Oneupmanship
He who is not one up is one down
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Girls Gone By Publishers: Chalet School to Malcolm Saville
Every Friday, a fabulous newsletter as regular as clockwork
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The Book Lover's Almanac: Extended mix
There's more than one road to Rome
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Going Native, Chapter 14: Starring Tom Cruise
"One must have with one, naturally, one or more guidebooks; much as these omit, they do put in a lot." Rose Macaulay, Fabled Shore
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The Book Lover's Almanac: Entries
It's not easy to produce A Year of Literary Events, Letters, Scandals and Plot Twists but here's a little look at how it came together
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