Monthly Archives: July, 2014
After the Interview by A. A. Abbott
After the Interview is the second novel by A A Abbott. Abbott is the pen name of English author Helen Blenkinsop. The author spent much of her working life in finance and big business. This background is evident throughout the story. The author was brought up in an industrial town that saw most of its …
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
The Artist’s Way was recommended to me by my cousin, Jean at a time when I was finding it very difficult to focus on my writing. It was published in 1992 and is a book to cheer you on when you feel like you can only dream about your passion (writing, painting, drawing…) because the dog needs a …
Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge
This author, Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born in Wells, England on 24 April, 1900. She died on 1 April 1984. Her father was a clergyman and the family were transferred to Ely until her father, Henry Leighton Goudge was made Regius Professor of Divinity at Christ Church College, Oxford. I had lived with …
Electric Brae: A Modern Romance by Andrew Greig
Andrew Greig is a Scottish author and poet who was born in Bannockburn, Scotland on 23 September 1951. He grew up in Anstruther in Fife. He attended The University of Edinburgh where he read Philosophy. Greig is also a former Writing Fellow of Glasgow University. He and his wife, the author Lesley Glaister now …
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