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ShortBookandScribes – The Rosemary Goodacre Memorial Short Story Competition

Posted on 1st March 2022 By Nicola

Today I am delighted to share details of this lovely short story competition. My thanks to Elaine Roberts for asking me to help spread the […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BuyOneGiveOne #PrelovedBooks from #AwesomeBooks #SustainableReading #DiscountCode

Posted on 6th December 2021 By Nicola

A few weeks ago Hayley Cox from Midas PR contacted me to ask if I would like to blog about AwesomeBooks. AwesomeBooks is a sustainable […]

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ShortBookandScribes – Celebrating the reissue of Learning to Swim and In A Good Light by Clare Chambers

Posted on 21st July 2021 By Nicola

I’m delighted to be celebrating the reissue of Learning to Swim and In A Good Light by Clare Chambers today. Many of you will be […]

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ShortBookandScribes Very Special Reads of 2019

Posted on 31st December 2019 By Nicola

It’s that time of the year again when I start to wrangle with my list of books read to try and narrow it down to […]

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ShortBookandScribes #BlurbReveal – Betray Her by Caroline England @CazEngland @PiaktusBooks

Posted on 29th January 2019 By Nicola

This is something a bit new for me today, a blurb reveal! In actual fact, you might have seen this on Twitter or other blogs […]

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ShortBookandScribes – The Ones That Got Away and The Ones I’m Looking Forward To

Posted on 1st January 2019 By Nicola

I think the title is pretty self-explanatory but this blog post looks at those pesky books that I was desperate to read in 2018 and […]

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ShortBookandScribes Wishes You a Very Happy New Year!

Posted on 31st December 2018 By Nicola

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year. I hope that 2019 is a good year for you […]

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ShortBookandScribes Very Special Reads of 2018

Posted on 31st December 2018 By Nicola

I’m delighted to be able to share with you my Very Special Reads of 2018 today. I am not stingy with my five stars and […]

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ShortBookandScribes Wishes You All A Very Happy Christmas!

Posted on 24th December 2018 By Nicola

I’m just dropping into your inboxes to say that I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas. I’ll be back between Christmas and New Year […]

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It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? #IMWAYR

Posted on 2nd April 2018 By Nicola

The ‘It’s Monday, What Are You Reading?’ meme is a weekly post to share what you have just finished reading, what you’re currently reading, and […]

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This time she’s not going to Antarctica but to the Falkland Islands to make a television programme with Sir Robert Saddlebow, the fictional equivalent of Sir David Attenborough. She takes Daisy with her, the young daughter of her grandson’s friend, and it’s quite a trip for both of them. Throw into the mix Patrick, Veronica’s grandson, and his girlfriend, Terry, who live and work together on Locket Island, the scene of Veronica’s original encounter with penguins, plus Eileen, Veronica’s long-suffering housekeeper, and all the cast are back together. It’s by no means an easy time for any of them but this is ultimately feel-good fiction and it was an absolute delight to read.
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