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Posted on November 8, 2020November 8, 2020

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L Sayers

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club is one of the early Lord Peter Wimsey titles, written before Harriet Vane appeared on the horizon. It's my…

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Posted on July 28, 2020September 30, 2020

Elizabeth Wein

I only meant, last night, to read the first few pages of The Enigma Game to get a feel for it but I ended up…

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Posted on June 17, 2020September 30, 2020

A Town Like Alice

From the Ghan As I've written elsewhere, my early life was full of stories and memories of Australia. My parents' stories and memories. It was…

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Posted on June 14, 2020

Eva Ibbotson’s Memories of Vienna

I have never been to Vienna, although I have long wished to go. I've seen photographs and travelogues of the city and it looks splendid.…

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Posted on June 12, 2020

In Priorsford with O Douglas

My first foray into books that were published for adults takes me very close to home. I've known Peebles in the Scottish Borders since I…

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Posted on May 17, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Fifty Nine

In 1914, a year of significant anniversaries, Flying Eye Books chose to mark a less heralded one in Shackleton’s Journey. This beautiful book, written and…

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Posted on May 15, 2020September 30, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Fifty Six

Yes, I know that I’ve already written about one of LM Montgomery’s books but it’s my birthday so I’m indulging myself. No-one is surprised that…

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Posted on May 10, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Seven

My childhood was filled with books published by Pickering & Inglis, purveyors of Christian literature.  As a daughter of the manse the basic premise of…

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Posted on May 8, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Five

Every so often, but not often enough, a book comes across my desk that makes me laugh and laugh. Cue: Weasels by Elys Dolan and…

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Posted on May 7, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Four

Eleanor Updale is an intelligent, imaginative and beguiling writer and I have enjoyed all her books.  I've been fortunate enough to work with her a…

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