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Posted on May 1, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Thirty Three

Maggie McKinley comes from a high-rise flat in one of Glasgow's overspill estates.  James Fraser is from a town house in the Georgian New Town…

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Posted on September 7, 2009September 9, 2009

Book Festivals and Book Launches

Over the last few weeks I've met and listened to about as many authors as I could cope with!  Without exception they've been lovely people…

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Posted on August 6, 2008August 6, 2008

The Blog’s Name

I expect that some of you recognise the allusion in the title of my blog.  It's to Lewis Carroll, of course, in Alice's Adventures in…

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