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FILMS & TV (23)

Film Review: '1917'

Film Review: 'About Time'

Film Review: 'Alone in Berlin'

Film Review: 'Birdman'

Film Review: 'Brooklyn'

Film Review: 'The Dressmaker'

Film Review: 'The Fault in Our Stars'

Film Review: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'

Film Review: 'The Hundred-Foot Journey'

Film Review: 'Jersey Boys'

Film Review: 'Magic in the Moonlight'

Film Review: 'The Monuments Men'

Film Review: 'The Revenant'

Film Review: 'Saving Mr. Banks'

Film Review: 'Their Finest'

Film Review: 'Twelve Years a Slave'

Film Review: 'The Water Diviner'

My Four Favourite Stories about Platonic Love

My Top Five Films about Politics

My Top Ten Romantic Comedies

TV Review: Reality Big Guns

A World Without Books: Fahrenheit 451

A World Without Downton: the 'Downton Abbey' Finale

HOME IN THE HIGHLANDS (5)

Home in the Highlands: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas Dec 2021

Home in the Highlands: Autumn May 2018

Home in the Highlands: The Flying Carpet July2018

Home in the Highlands: A Tale of Two Chandeliers April 2018

Home in the Highlands: The Secret Garden April 2018

Home in the Highlands: Finding the Dream Home March 2018

COUNTRY LIFE (7)

Alpacas Versus Llamas

The Case of the Missing Monotremes

When a Platypus's Fancy Turns to Love

ON WRITING (30)

Adverbs and Chocolate

An Aspiring Author's Guide to Book Jargon

Attack of the Anachronisms

Book Review: 'Kakadu Sunset' by Annie Seaton

Book Review: 'Lake Hill' by Margareta Osborn

Book Review: 'The Princess Diarist' by Carrie Fisher

Crafting Characters (Guest Post for 'Hey Said Renee')

The Cutting Room Floor

Five Things I Love About Writing Fiction

Free Bookmarks to Download

Happy Endings

How Big Is Your Book?

My Four Favourite Stories about Platonic Love

My Five Favourite Books about Unrequited Love

The Five Books That Have Influenced Me Most

My Top Three Tips for Aspiring Authors

My Top Six Tips for Writing Historical Fiction

Never Write When You're Hungry

Old-fashioned Heroes

Q&A with Annie Seaton, author of 'Kakadu Sunset'

Review: HOPE'S ROAD

Rose Scott Women Writers' Festival 2014

Spot the Anachronism!

Trivia Isn't Trivial

What Makes a Good Tagline?

Why Is a Book Like a TARDIS?

The World of the Book

A World Without Books: Fahrenheit 451

DOGS (7)

RECIPES (2)

Yummy Chocolate Mousse

Zucchini and Herb Frittata

SEASONS (7)

Christmas

Christmas At My Place

Meet Mrs Christmas

My Christmas 2014

Ode to Spring

When Winter Comes Early

A Winter's Tale

HISTORY and NOSTALGIA (8)

The Beatles and Me

Déja vu: Lessons from the Spanish Flu

Elegant Architecture

A Gallipoli Story: Finding Uncle Arthur

A Gallipoli Story: The Lost Shearer

'He Who Would Valiant Be'

Recreational Sewing in Cesarine

Tales of the Emporium

The Victorian Art of Scrapbooking

CAMILLE DUPRE

Researching 'Camille Dupré'

The 'Camille Dupré' Songbook

MR CHEN'S EMPORIUM (8)

Amy Duncan and Her Books

An Aladdin's Cave

Anatomy of a Gold Rush Town

Angie's Westerns

An Emporium by Any Other Name

In Search of the Emporium

Inspirations for 'Mr Chen's Emporium'

The Jade Widow@Mr Chen's Emporium

THE JADE WIDOW (7)

The Amazing Mr Carroll

The Colour Lilac

Fairytale Turrets and Other Fantasies

'He Who Would Valiant Be'

Introducing 'The Jade Widow'

The Victorian Art of Scrapbooking

Writing 'The Jade Widow'

A PLACE OF HER OWN (4)

Emporium Trilogy Quiz

First Impressions

Launching 'A Place of Her Own'

My Next Book: 'A Place of Her Own'

THE TRIVIA MAN (11)

A Bookish Trivia Quiz

Another Bookish Trivia Quiz

Launching 'The Trivia Man'

Meet the Cast of 'The Trivia Man'

The Nerd as Hero (Guest Blog at Dark Matter Zine website)

Quiz Kid?

Trivia Isn't Trivial

The Trivia Man Blog Tour

'The Trivia Man' Competition

The Trivia Man Is Coming

'The Trivia Man' Trivia Competition

THE RAREST THING (4)

'The Rarest Thing' Blog Tour 2016

'The Rarest Thing' Book Tour

'The Rarest Thing' Playlist

What is 'The Rarest Thing'?