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A Sunny Saturday in South London

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It’s officially the hottest May Bank Holiday for forty years. The weather has really brought folk out in Clapham, south London. At ten in the morning on Saturday the Old Town pavement cafés were already full and local shops saw … Continue reading

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Breaking News. Getting published….

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do you want to know how? Come along on 12 May to Clapham Book Festival’s session at 11 o’clock in Omnibus Theatre to find out. Philip Gwyn Jones, UK editor of Scribe will be there to spill the beans on … Continue reading

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Maps

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Maps, their making and use, leapt into my consciousness recently when my editor asked me if I was sure that one of my characters could have used a map in thirteenth century Al Andalus.  This is just the sort of … Continue reading

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A Room at the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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To round off another first-rate celebration of books and reading at the Clapham Book Festival this year we are pleased to present novelist and screen writer, Deborah Moggach OBE. The child of two writers, Deborah went to Bristol University and … Continue reading

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A Literary Dame

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A real coup for Clapham Literary Festival this year is the presence of Dame Margaret Drabble.  We are a small and relatively new literary festival and we’re very lucky to manage to attract someone of Dame Margaret’s stature. She will … Continue reading