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Zennor in Darkness
Zennor in Darkness by Helen Dunmore Penguin: paperback published 2007: 315 pages Spring 1917, and war haunts the Cornish coastal village of Zennor: ships are being sunk by U-boats, strangers are treat… more →
Inkings and Inklings
A summer holiday adventure of a book
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wrote 2 days ago: ‘The Lonely Sea Dragon‘, by Helen Dunmore, illustrated by Rebecca Cobb (published by Mab … more →
World Book Night at Chepstow Library
wrote 3 weeks ago: Members of U3A Bookworms with their chosen book, The Siege by Helen Dunmore Chepstow Library celebra … more →
Julie Myerson: a life in writing
wrote 1 month ago: ‘I don’t like to call it a breakdown, but I went to pieces and have only just got my con … more →
Book review: The Daylight Gate, by Jeanette Winterson
wrote 2 months ago: I would have been drawn to this book regardless of the author or the subject matter, on the strength … more →
INGO by Helen Dunmore
wrote 2 months ago: This is the first in the Ingo series by Helen Dunmore. It’s about this girl, Sapphy, and she lives w … more →
Helen Dunmore’s 9 Rules of Writing
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wrote 3 months ago: Finish the day’s writing when you still want to continue. Listen to what you have written. A dud rhy … more →
Day 259: The Greatcoat
wrote 3 months ago: I am not familiar with Helen Dunmore, but I looked for this book after reading a review of it on ano … more →
January Reading
wrote 3 months ago: ElenaMarilyn Sears Bourbon A day in the life of a smiling woman by Margaret Drabble The best short s … more →
Sunday Times short story award longlist announced
wrote 3 months ago: | By Charlotte Williams Booker Prize-winning Graham Swift and Orange Prize-winning Helen Dunmore ar … more →
The Greatcoat - Helen Dunmore
wrote 3 months ago: After my introduction from last year’s “Secret Santa” (see last post), I thought I … more →
Chronicles of Ingo - Stormswept by Helen Dunmore: Reviewed by Amani
wrote 4 months ago: Rating: 2.5/5 A captivating story about how a young girl who lives off the coast of Cornwall found a … more →
Beach Reads
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wrote 5 months ago: I’m not much of a sunbather. My mind buzzes, I’m up and down, in and out of the water, t … more →
Trapped in Totleigh Barton!
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wrote 5 months ago: The blurb had advertised Totleigh Barton as a ‘thatched, pre-Domesday manor house’. On looking up Wi … more →
Review: Ingo by Helen Dunmore
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wrote 6 months ago: Ingo by Helen Dunmore Published in 2005 by HarperCollins UK ISBN: 978-1-55468-246-1 Rating: 3 Stars … more →
The Greatcoat by Helen Dunmore
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wrote 6 months ago: Review by Kirsty Doole The Hammer Horror people recently linked up with Random House to start an imp … more →
Coming Up This Week
wrote 6 months ago: In the U.S. this Thursday, we commemorate Thanksgiving Day. Though it’s morphed into a celebra … more →
3 Reasons I Hate Lists
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wrote 6 months ago: They drive me crazy! Lists whisper to me in the darkness of night, they derail my imagination as I s … more →
The Greatcoat ~ Helen Dunmore
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wrote 6 months ago: the Greatcoat...a book review Described as an elegant flesh creeper, this delicately woven chilling … more →
Kate Zambreno's Heroines
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wrote 6 months ago: In her poem Zelda Helen Dunmore writes, “Some visitors said she ought / to do more housework, … more →
