It’s spring, and the garden is full of promise and hope. Summer is coming, and our caravan is beckoning. What more can you want? If you are like me, you want books. Lots of books. Long weekends, summer sunshine…
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How can one resist thinking about what the next few weeks and months will bring, as we enjoy the start of summer blossoming with blue skies, warm temperatures, and the beautiful pohutukawa? For me, 2020 is going to be…
Recently, a conversation with other historical fiction writers convinced me that time travel is possible – at least, in your head. We talked about how, especially in the early morning half way between sleep and waking, we can find…
As we approach the Christmas holidays and whatever the New Year brings, here’s a list of the things I’m grateful for in my life. I don’t pretend to be a poet, and while this might have rhythm and rhyme in places, it isn’t…
The Girl from County Clare by Vicky Adin Thank you Flaxroots for such a wonderful review and for giving me the 150th posting. I am honoured. As I turned the pages I was taunted by the possibility that the…
My latest release, ‘Gwenna’ has picked up a second Award. Thanks to the team at ‘Chill with a Book’ for this Readers’ Award. I am delighted. …