Lo, The Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones is out. I've seen it in a shop and everything! (No, I didn't take a photo OR turn it face out, but I will be flinging sticks of Bluebell rock at selected lovely bookshops to prove my demented writer credentials.) Now, I don't know about you but I've spent… Continue reading Bluebell Jones: blog tour round-up
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Edinburgh, City of Fear
I've been to Scotland lots, to go up mountains and gaze at lochs and eat tablet. But I'd never been to Edinburgh, which seemed silly. So I went. It's gorgeous, Edinburgh. Beautiful architecture, a castle, a socking great mountain in the middle of the city. It is also SCARY AS A SCARY THING. Sure, there's… Continue reading Edinburgh, City of Fear
Hay Festival 2012: Peaspoons in the Mud
The first time I went to Hay-on-Wye was on a hiking trip. It was so hot I left several of my toes behind, melted into the B&B carpet. This year... Rain, mud, brr! But the crowds of visitors to Hay's 25th Festival are a sturdy lot, and the British summer wasn't going to get in… Continue reading Hay Festival 2012: Peaspoons in the Mud