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Something Only We Know by Kate Long – a writewyattuk review
You know that paragraph at the beginning of books, explaining that what you’re about to read is a work of fiction, with names, characters, places and incidents purely down to the author’s imagination? When I read a Kate Long novel … Continue reading
Looking Glass Girl by Cathy Cassidy – a writewyattuk review
In the year Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland turns 150, we can expect a number of events set around that influential work and all it led to. Alice is a little too Marmite for some tastes, and I totally … Continue reading
More books about chocolate and girls – the Cathy Cassidy feature
WHEN best-selling children’s author Cathy Cassidy called at the University of Central Lancashire recently, writewyattuk’s chief blogger was there to meet her – albeit hiding behind his eldest daughter (who adds her own footnote). I FELT a bit of an … Continue reading
Where true Northern grit meets real romance
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, writewyattuk turns its focus to Bad Mothers United, Kate Long’s newly-published and long-awaited sequel to her best-selling 2004 debut novel, The Bad Mother’s Handbook. WHILE there seems to be an overwhelming compulsion for … Continue reading
Arctic adventures, time travel and family secrets
In which writewyattuk gets on the festive bandwagon and selects three great 2012 reads for junior/middle school age children (nine to twelve-ish) – all possible last-minute Christmas buying conundrum solutions. While we’re into the last days of the year, no … Continue reading
Are we nearly there yet? – Ben Hatch
A chance to enjoy some quality time with your partner and children, clocking up 8,000 miles on a UK tour – with free accommodation and a huge amount of attractions thrown in, all financed by a leading guide book publisher? … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged are we nearly there yet?, ben hatch, Bill Bryson, books, david hatch, Frommer's, Michael Palin, reviews, travelogue, UK
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From boy to man and NME to Catching the sun – the Tony Parsons interview
Can it really be 36 years since Tony Parsons first burst on to the UK music scene as a writer with the NME, answering an advert calling for ‘hip, young gunslingers’? By that stage he already had his first novel … Continue reading
Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, authors, books, Catching The Sun, Ian Fleming, interviews, Julia Roberts, Nick Hornby, NME, Tony Parsons
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Am I old enough to read this?
No, this isn’t about that over-hyped EL James book that you only need one hand to read, but the newly re-stoked reading row regarding age classification of books. Ex-vicar, ex-policeman, ex-roadie and exorcist (or outspoken self-publicist, depending on your point … Continue reading
Catching the sun – Tony Parsons
I guess the best fiction takes you on a journey, and in the case of Catching the Sun, Tony Parsons has you making an 8,500 mile trek to Phuket, Thailand. Not to an all-inclusive honeymoon-friendly world of five-star travel though, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure & Travel, Books Films, TV & Radio
Tagged books, Films & TV, reviews, Thailand, Tony Parsons, travel
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Shadows in the sky by Pete Cross
It’s a sure sign of a great read when you finish the last page and go right back to the start again … and that’s exactly how it is with Pete Cross’ Shadows in the Sky. Look along my book … Continue reading
