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Posted on December 1, 2020

Interview with Paul Dowswell

I’ve known Paul Dowswell long enough to have forgotten exactly when we met.  It was at an Edinburgh International Book Festival when I was chairing…

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Posted on June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

Either Side of Berlin

I'm not quite sure where my desire to visit Berlin came from and I can't remember when the divided city was first something I was…

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Posted on June 8, 2020

Black Forest Summer by Mabel Esther Allan

When Max, Asta, Thea and Van's mother dies they are devastated. Already fatherless, they feel cast adrift on a sea of despair and misery. Max,…

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Posted on April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Eight

Paul Dowswell is one of the best writers I know of historical novels for young people.  There's lots to like about his books but, for…

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