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Wednesday, 18 April 2018
London Book Fair 2018
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Yes, finally, I decided to go. About 1535 exhibitors and 25 x A5 pages of events. Nielsen holds bibliographic data for over 20 million act...
Saturday, 7 April 2018
Our story update: filling the bucket list
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One day, we sat down on the brown sofa together and that’s where this blog began.... That was M & Little M – a mother and daug...
Friday, 10 March 2017
We sat down for a chat...with Jeff Zentner
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Jeff Zentner is the author of debut The Serpent King , a warmly funny, charming and moving young adult novel that I couldn't put down...
Thursday, 9 March 2017
A Life Discarded - Alexander Masters
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148 diaries found in a skip. The author is unknown and a stranger starts to read them, and then write this book about them. It'...
Thursday, 16 February 2017
A broad mix marks the Carnegie 2017 Longlist
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Whittled down from 114 to 20 (whew!), there's a broad mix of genre and age-appropriate books on this year's 80th anniversary Carn...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
On selective reading....(and the Carnegie)
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About four months ago, after a horrible spell with disease, I decided to rekindle this blog. It coincided with the Carnegie nominations and...
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The Serpent King - Jeff Zentner
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Working my way through this year's Carnegie nominations list, The Serpent King wasn't at the top of my to-read list. The first page...
Sunday, 5 February 2017
We Come Apart – Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan
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I loved this novel from beginning to end and thought it was one of the best books I’d read for a while. So, I waited for a few weeks befor...
Thursday, 2 February 2017
All About Mia - Lisa Williamson
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All About Mia is all about Mia and her sibling rivalry. Mia is a sixth former, and is a middle sibling. Her older sister is a perfect, h...
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