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Small Publishers

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As the London Book Fair takes place this week it might be time to take a look again at small, independent publishing houses. Clapham has a fair number of them (see Clapham Presses), of various types. The Independent Publishers Guild … Continue reading →

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The Garden Museum

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I had visited this small but lovely museum before its refurbishment and found it charming, especially the tombstones in the graveyard of St-Mary-at-Lambeth Church, where it is located. I returned last week. Formerly the Museum of Garden History, the museum … Continue reading →

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The Nomad Returns

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Well I’m back! Back in the London pad, the place I left two years ago. I had no idea what I was going to do during my ‘sabbatical’. Life has the habit, however, of going on most of the time. … Continue reading →

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Through the Letterbox

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It is now just under six weeks until this year’s Clapham Book Festival takes place on May 12th in Omnibus Theatre and Clapham Library.  So publicity and promotion activity is cranking into gear.  Yesterday a fellow volunteer and I collected … Continue reading →

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Walls Have Ears

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After the success and popularity of the Clapham Book Festival’s panel session last year about spies and spying, either real or fictional, ( see Espionage ) we decided to run a similar session this year focussing particularly on WWII and … Continue reading →