Category Archives: Books

#LazyDaysTour by Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie @jaydawes2 – and an excerpt.

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Launching Lazy Days, a new book by Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie This novella is the true story of our family’s first proper holiday back in the Seventies. Looking back, I wonder what made us think it was a good … Continue reading →

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Creation – Stuart France

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* In Mesopotamian mythology a Mother Goddess, with the assistance of a God of Wisdom, created men out of clay, mixed with the blood of a slain God. The Primeval male and female human beings were not allotted a life-span. … Continue reading →

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Free on Kindle, one day only, Richard Liveth Yet by Joanne Larner

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Richard Liveth Yet The first novel in Joanne Larner’s series on King Richard III FREE on Kindle January 10th ONLY What if time could be manipulated so that someone could travel into the future? What if that someone were Richard … Continue reading →

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Steve Costello on A Hundred Tiny Threads by Judith Barrow

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Beyond the Pyre, Steve Costello writes of A Hundred Tiny Threads by Judith Barrow: Isn’t it wonderful when a friend tells you about their success? Judith Barrow told me about hers today with her novel, ‘A Hundred Tiny … Continue reading →

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Chris Graham at TRSA hosts storyteller Gregg Savage

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Story Reading Ape: I have ended up here, because I managed to earn myself a bonus year of life. Somewhere between October 13, 2016, and October 13, 2017, I convinced myself that I was 37, and not … Continue reading →

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Scribes… Stuart France

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* With the advent of cuneiform, the Oral Tradition continued to develop alongside ‘written literature’, but the primary purpose of recording stories in writing was not necessarily to supply individual readers with a coherent or connected account of ‘historical’ events. … Continue reading →

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Apprenticed to my Mother: the book – Geoff Le Pard

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Tangental: Regular readers will recognise the heading. Last year I decided to pull together a memoir of my time with my mother, post dad. I’ve now finished it and it’s in for editing. This post, like so many, comes with a … Continue reading →

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Be my guest…an invitation

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It’s five o’clock, the page looks bare… There’s not a guest post anywhere… Though I invite and beg and plead There’s only my words here to read. So, authors with a brand new book, If you’d like folks to take … Continue reading →

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Lazy Days from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Anita Dawes and Jaye Marie: The nerves are setting in and I will probably be a wreck by Monday. I just hope I have done this amazing (and illustrated) little book justice and that I haven’t forgotten anything … Continue reading →

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Deluge!… Stuart France

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Various stories relating a catastrophic flood are told by classical authors. These flood stories may derive from a single Mesopotamian original used in travellers tales for over two thousand years along the great caravan routes of Western Asia. In … Continue reading →

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