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Today in the Library we have David J Robertson, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into his life as an author. So pull up a chair and join the conversation … You are very welcome, David, please introduce yourself. Hi, I’m Dave Robertson, a … year old, (sorry the number lock seems…
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Today in the Library we have Annie Whitehead, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into their life as an author. So pull up a chair and join the conversation … You are very welcome, Annie, please introduce yourself. I’m the mother of three grown-up children and I work part-time…
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This evening my guest is book reviewer, David Baird, who has kindly agreed to join me in the library for a chat. Pull up a chair and join the conversation … David – you are very welcome. Would you like to tell us a little about what you do? The Book Reviewing Process I run a…
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Louisa Campbell, my female protagonist in The Bowes Inheritance, didn’t materialise out of thin air – she had a past. Back stories give your characters more flesh and bone, so sprinkled throughout my tale, the reader slowly learns about Louisa and her family’s past and where they lived. As I have family connections and a…
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Are you a witch? Are you a fairy? Are you the wife Of Michael Cleary? — Children’s rhyme from Southern Tipperary, Ireland Everyone enjoys a good fairy-tale. Being Irish, I grew up with them and often heard tales of fairy forts and changelings and the consequences of interfering with either. Many cultures around the world…
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In my novel, The Bowes Inheritance, there is a brief glimpse of life in Angel Meadow, Manchester, where Fenian sympathies ran high and lawlessness prevailed. The area was undoubtedly named for its idyllic scenery on the banks of the River Irk. However, the Industrial Revolution with its factories and workers’ houses soon swallowed up those verdant…
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The Fenian dynamite campaign (1881 to 1885) forms part of the backdrop to my novel, The Bowes Inheritance. During my research I discovered some intriguing nuggets of information. It appears that both sides in the American Civil War (1861-65) engaged in terrorist tactics, planting landmines and clockwork explosives to deliberately injure civilians and damage…
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