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Library lending for Dust

Public Lending Right (PLR UK & PLR Ireland) Statement 1st July 2018 - 30th June 2019 127 lendings of Dust in UK, and 23 in Ireland -...

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Jan 19, 20201 min read

Wishing everyone a very happy and healthy 2020!

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Jan 3, 20200 min read

Revisiting Dust launch... as 2020 approaches and new novel comes to completion.... https://www.youtu

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Dec 26, 20190 min read

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas, and good health and happiness for 2020, with love x x x

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Dec 25, 20190 min read

'Talking Dust'.... Culford School, Suffolk - Thursday 12th December, 2019

Excited to be 'Talking Dust' at Culford School, Suffolk this Thursday. Always a fascinating and enjoyable experience chatting with young...

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Dec 9, 20191 min read

Inez..... fabulous painting by Lisa Andrews.... I wonder what she’s thinking? Must be a story there.

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Nov 5, 20190 min read

Me at the Authors' Club Annual Dinner with lovely Bernardine Evaristo a few months back - this c

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Oct 16, 20190 min read

Congratulations to Bernardine Evaristo!!! Booker Prize! WooHoo! Fab!!!! x x x

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Oct 15, 20190 min read

All welcome - Longhorsley, Northumberland. Excited - onstage with 3 wonderful authors!

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Sep 22, 20190 min read

Feeling delighted to have been invited to 'Talk Dust' at Culford School, Suffolk, UK. Date T

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Sep 19, 20190 min read

Literacy Live! Talking DUST 5pm Sunday at Victorious Festival, Portsmouth...

So honoured to have been invited to 'Talk DUST' at Literacy Live! at Victorious Festival (Portsmouth) by wonderful #Bookollective...

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Aug 23, 20191 min read

OMG! So excited.... 1 week to go until Victorious Festival.... Fabulous Literacy Live!! So honoured

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Aug 17, 20190 min read

Young Writer and Bookworm Bethan...

Such a lovely start to the day - coffee and cake at Cafe 42 & My Bureau (Micklegate, York), writing, when the co-owner's charming...

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Aug 3, 20191 min read

Line-up confirmed for Literacy Live! Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, U.K.

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Aug 2, 20190 min read

Looking forward to Skype Interview with super book blogger Emma Ronan tomorrow - SlumberingSlothBook

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Jul 31, 20190 min read

I am so delighted to have been chosen to attend Public Lending Rights 40th Anniversary celebration o

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Jul 25, 20190 min read

Talking DUST with delightful Canadian guests.

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Jun 26, 20190 min read

A writer's life... not always a bowl of cherries...

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Jun 25, 20190 min read

A PLEA!!

A PLEA.... I know lots of you have bought and read DUST, but I need a LOT more reviews! If you haven't bought it - PLEASE DO! Would you...

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Jun 5, 20191 min read

Fantastic day at Camden Rocks Festival, London!

Catching up with my old friend on Saturday 1st June at Camden Rocks, London, England - the incredibly gifted singer/songwriter Adam...

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Jun 3, 20191 min read