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Promoting a book…

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..can be a full-time occupation.  The big publishers employ publicists, I worked with a number of them on the Clapham Literary Festival recently, they were knowledgeable, personable ( and oh so young ) and there are freelance publicists for hire … Continue reading

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Stories of Democracy

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Writing the recent political comment post prompted me to think about novels which depict the democratic process. Where are the great ‘election’ novels? My literary knowledge must be incomplete, I thought, I can think of only relatively modern works.  ‘Primary Colors‘ … Continue reading

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The journey continues…..

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…for our heroes in volume two of the Al Andalus series, the follow-up to ‘Reconquista‘.  The most common comment I receive from readers of that book is that they want the next one, so I am doing something about that, … Continue reading

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Democracy

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Modern democracy is at work in Europe, with major, potentially disastrous, consequences. In Britain the deadline for voting registration in the EU referendum was last midnight, when the registration site crashed under the weight of last-minute registrations. There are already … Continue reading

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Varnishing Day

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Your blogger visited the Royal Academy last Friday, in order to catch The Age of Giorgione exhibition ( see Portrait of a Young Man, left ) before it ended, but was surprised to find herself in the middle of another event … Continue reading