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Posted on July 3, 2022December 14, 2022

The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown by Elizabeth Laird

For the first time ever, I approached a book by Elizabeth Laird with more apprehension than excitement. Although I was born about twenty five years…

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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 April 26, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Twenty Six

In Welcome to Nowhere Elizabeth Laird tells Omar’s story. Omar is a twelve-year-old from a fairly average Syrian family who hates school and has great…

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Posted on April 21, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Nineteen

I've met Frank Cottrell Boyce and he's a delightful man.  We should have met at the Carnegie Kate Greenaway Medal award ceremony in July 2005. …

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Posted on April 15, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Ten

I adore the Ottoline books, both as items and for the content.  This one is my favourite, though, because it has Norway and the sea…

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Posted on September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

The Skylarks’ War by Hilary MacKay

I'm already an admirer of Hilary McKay's writing so it wasn't a stretch for the publisher (Macmillan) to get me to read a proof of The…

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Posted on May 16, 2017March 21, 2021

Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce

I have never grown out of my delight at reading books set in places I know so when I realised that Frank Cottrell Boyce had…

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Posted on May 15, 2017March 24, 2021

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird

It's no great secret that I hold Elizabeth Laird's books in very high esteem.  She's a talented writer, a superb storyteller and also a humanitarian. …

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