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What I (and 800+) Other Authors Have Been Reading this Year
Ben Shepherd asked us to noiminate three books we had enjoyed since 31/10/22. Choosing just three from the 30+ books I’ve read in the last 12 months was…
Nov 1, 2023
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Frank Parker
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July 2023
A Brilliant New Book Promotion Website
A few weeks ago I was invited to provide a book list for this relatively new venture. Today it has gone live. I think it’s a great idea that Ben…
Jul 24, 2023
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January 2023
Another Rider on the Haunted Train
The anthology of gothic tales curated by Rayne Hall is being promoted via a blog tour which sees interviews with each of the authors featured on blogs…
Jan 13, 2023
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A Rider on the Haunted Train
Happy New Year to all my readers. I see it has been a long time since I posted anything here. Although I am getting rather long in the tooth I can…
Jan 10, 2023
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December 2022
Seven Contemporary Novels I've Enjoyed in 2022
Even some of these have an element of history about them!
Dec 20, 2022
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Seven History Themed Books I Enjoyed in 2022
If you are into history you might like them too.
Dec 11, 2022
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Frank Parker
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November 2022
The People's History
Forget "Downton Abbey", "Brigerton" and "The Crown": the history that matters was made by ordinary people.
Nov 22, 2022
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Disdain for Culture and the road to Fascism
In boarding school; back in the 1950s, I took piano lessons for a couple of terms. I was a lazy student, not prepared to spend my spare time practising…
Nov 19, 2022
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Frank Parker
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Writing Stories That Need Telling.
An interview with Rebecca Bryn Continue reading on Medium »
Nov 18, 2022
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Frank Parker
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October 2022
Racism, Misogyny and Feminism
It’s time to end discrimination based on fear of the other. Continue reading on Medium »
Oct 31, 2022
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Frank Parker
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A Beauty and her Beasts
My review of “The Invincible Miss Cust” by Penny Haw Continue reading on Medium »
Oct 19, 2022
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September 2022
Women’s Rights Then and Now
Some time in the early nineteen seventies a brother and sister with Irish roots busked for pennies around Kings Cross in London. Continue reading on…
Sep 23, 2022
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