With its well-drawn characters, its nicely paced narrative, its compelling storyline, and its beguiling medieval setting, this is a deeply immersive tale of travel and adventure which stays with the reader long after the journey to the final page is completed.
‘Wild Labyrinth’ – review from Vuyelwa Carlin
I am very grateful to my friend, Vuyelwa Carlin, for reading and reviewing ‘Wild Labyrinth’ with such insight and commitment. Vu and I have been members of the Borders Poetry …
Review of ‘The Untethered Space’ by Carol A. Caffrey
Is it possible to find beauty and meaning in life in the aftermath of grief? How do we interact with the too present world when our inner world has fallen …
Wildflowers – folklore, literature, language
Here is the support material and the resources for my video about Wildflowers in Shropshire Folklore on the #Folk Community Group’s Facebook page and Youtube channel. Available from 12 June, …
Ancient Trees – Writing prompts and Resources
Ancient Trees Resource Pack: to be used in conjunction with the video on the Facebook Folk Community Group site https://tinyurl.com/y7yps43s The Shelton Oak by David Parkes – 19th century Fairy Folk by …
Digging up the Graveyard
“Once people come here, they never leave. It is the graveyard of ambition.” When I first came to live in Shropshire, I heard this quite a lot. Now that I’ve …
A Tempest for our times
I do hope that all my readers are staying well. I imagine that, like me, many of you are feeling hemmed in by the worries and restrictions of this time. …
A light in the darkness
A week of isolation (in the broadest sense, as I am sharing the property with 3 teenagers, a dog, 4 chickens – and even, occasionally, my doctor husband) is already …
Reading through Lockdown
Who knows when our lives will feel ‘normal’ again? I suspect that there are certain things we will never, ever take for granted in the future. A drink with friends …
Bad Guys Make Good Plots
Recently I was asked to contribute a guest post to the fabulous ‘History Girls’ Blog. This is a group of best-selling writers of historical content, fiction, non-fiction, for children and …
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