Friday flash – People of the Village
December 17, 2021
The text of my one-page story – a complement (and a compliment) to Daniel Trivedy’s artwork ‘Welsh Emergency Blanket’.
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Winding Up the Week #196
November 15, 2021
Paula’s bookdar is second to none so it’s a particular honour that she featured my most recent blog post in her weekly roundup (tbr here in this reblog). Thanks, Paula!
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, take a peek at at two new posts relating to Wales, and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Winding Up the Week #196
People of the Village
November 12, 2021
is the title of a short story of mine (now available here) written for the Imagining History conference at the University of South Wales. Opening Friday 12 November with an exhibition!
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A closing down of tabs
September 22, 2021
The September Equinox finds me in the blessed space between stories. Warning: this post contains a photo of a spider.
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Read my lips
July 23, 2021
An extract from The Chicken Soup Murder, read by me on Youtube. See me looking both owlish and like my mother, which is quite funny as I am channelling the voice and views of a ten-year-old boy.
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Indelible: ‘Food and Nurture’
June 25, 2021
‘The day before the murder, George Bull tried to poison me with a cheese sandwich.’
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The long and the short
May 28, 2021
Lately, I have been writing a story. It’s the kind that takes a long time to make short.
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A Touching Tale: Maria Donovan and The Chicken Soup Murder — Q& A with Sarah Scribbles
April 2, 2021
Sarah Tinsley asks some great questions about my novel, The Chicken Soup Murder, plus there’s advice for writers starting out. For the full post it’s over to Sarah Scribbles.
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Indelible News!
March 12, 2021
Free and happening online March 15. 6pm local time is 2pm UTC 🙂
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Return of the Pen
September 25, 2020
After a year in my kitchen, the Dorset Award Statue goes back to The Book Shop, Bridport, to be presented to the highest-placed author from Dorset in this year’s Bridport Prize.
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