Category: writing
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A Story About a Story: How a Writer Found Inspiration
For the past week I’ve woken up every night in a cold sweat. It’s not the thought of bills, chores or work that wake me… it’s my novel.
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Buried but Not Forgotten: The Oldest Story on Earth
Until relatively recent history no one knew that across the Tigress and written on tablets of baked clay buried within a mound in Nineveh, in what is modern-day Iraq, lay the oldest written piece of literature on Earth.
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The Heart is a Library Hunter
My first memories belong to the surreal landscape of childhood. Cushioned in tenderness, they flicker a blurred reel of mango trees, mud pies and mosquito screens. Occasionally, through the fuzz, concrete moments come into focus. For me, the first of those is the imprint of a rainy afternoon in a library.
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Where the Bookish Bed Down: Accommodation for Bibliophiles
No matter how fluffy the bathrobe or late the check-out the one drawcard that never fails to entice the final digit of my CVC is a hotel with books.
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What Brings Belief
If you type ‘Do writers have spirit animals?’ into Google the first two words will lead one into predictable territory
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