Tag Archives: Ian Fleming

Frank fires Fleming’s thrilling time-travelogue forward

Posted on November 10, 2013 by writewyattuk

In which the blogger runs the rule over Frank Cottrell Boyce’s 2013 publication Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over The Moon. There’s a sense of being a big kid yourself when you’re a children’s author, the magical element of a Peter … Continue reading →

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Arctic adventures, time travel and family secrets

Posted on December 17, 2012 by writewyattuk

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 →

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From boy to man and NME to Catching the sun – the Tony Parsons interview

Posted on July 17, 2012 by writewyattuk

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 →

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