Category: Books and Authors
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Banville interview and other matters
I was delighted to have the chance to interview John Banville for writing.ie on the release of his latest novel. In Ancient Light Alexander Cleave revisits both the memory of a teenage affair with a much older woman and looks further into the enigma of his daughter Cass’ fate previously touched on in Eclipse (2000)…
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What a wonderful launch!
What a fabulous evening we had yesterday (22nd June) at the book launch of Housewife with a Half-Life! With a warm welcome from Don and Chris at Hughes & Hughes, Dundrum, a wonderful turnout, a super speech and reading by lovely author Colette Caddle it was a wonderful occasion. General chit chat and refreshments followed…
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New book by D J Kirkby
I wanted to wish DJ Kirby the very best on the release of her new book My Dream of You. Join DJ on her blog and on Facebook today for wonderful competitions including for an amazing hamper and signed books. About My Dream of You One summer’s day Betty let love carry her a step…
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When Dreams Come True Launch Rebecca Emin
Following on the publication of the popular children’s book New Beginnings, mother of three and writer Rebecca Emin is launching her next book for 10 to 14 year olds ‘When Dreams Come True, today and details of where to find out about the book and the launch are below. Having known Rebecca for quite some…
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Paperback writer!
Look at what I received in the post, yesterday – the paperback proof of Housewife with a Half-Life! This will soon be available mainly through Amazon and some selected book stores! I want to thank you all so much for your help and support, blogposts etc on the day of the ebook launch of my…
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Sneak preview: Housewife with a Half-Life First Chapter!
Everything is ready (almost) for the launch on Tuesday 8th which will be non stop action, giveaways, competition announcements and a virtual treasure hunt. So rest now, sit back and have a read and meet Susan and her spaceman companion for the first time. Housewife with a Half-Life by A.B.Wells 1 It was when she…
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Self-Publishing pen name:Introducing A.B.Wells & Housewife with a Half-Life
I’m becoming two people… I’ve been writing consistently since my first son was born 11 years ago but even more seriously in the last number of years since the real baby days of my youngest child, now 4. From my early endeavours I have 1.75 novels in a drawer. In the…
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Which books have you thrown at the end of the bed?
I’ve just been having an interesting conversation on Twitter about books we’ve thrown at the end of the bed either during or at the end of the reading process. Of course there are many reasons why we might be frustrated with a book. Much of the time it just didn’t live up to the expectation…
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The Tuesday Interview: Laura Wilkinson Author of ‘Bloodmining’.
In March earlier this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Wilkinson, mum to two boys for my mother writer series. In November 2010, Laura, who grew up in a Welsh market town and currently lives in Brighton won the debut novel competition run by independent publishers Bridgehouse with her novel Bloodmining. Bloodmining was…
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Voices of Angels: New Anthology
J ust to let you know that one of my stories is being aired in a new anthology, Voices of Angels by Bridgehouse . Bridgehouse, run by Gill James and Debz Hobbs Wyatt is an independent publisher who aim to promote new writing and in particular produce short story anthologies. If you are a short story writer…
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