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Refilling the creative well: 7 great movies
For a brief intro about why I’m doing this, see my recent post:Refilling the creative well: 9 recent reads Earlier in the week, I did a TV series wrap-up (Refilling the creative well: 6 fantastic TV series), and today I’m looking at movies… I realised there were shared characteristics for many of these films, so attempted a…
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Anthony Horowitz on murder mystery twists
Anthony Horowitz is so eloquent and enthusiastic in this discussion of twists in murder mysteries. At under fifteen minutes, this video clip and is packed with information. Penguin have summarised some of the key points from the interview in this article on their website, and I’ve jotted down some of my own notes further down,…
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Refilling the creative well: 6 fantastic TV series
For a brief intro about why I’m doing this, see my recent post:Refilling the creative well: 9 recent reads There is so much great TV at the moment! Here are the shows I enjoyed the most since my last update: Crime comedies / fun thrillers Fantasies Keen for more stories? Already powered through all those TV…
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Does literature matter?
On the weekend my partner and I made a quick trip down to the capital (Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington) to hear the UK and Aoteaora NZ Poet Laureates, Simon Armitage and Chris Tse, answer the question: does literature matter? During the event – put on by Verb Wellington and the British Council, held at the National…
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Poison at Penshaw Hall pre-order on best seller list
I was idly scrolling through Amazon.com’s list of Best Sellers in LGBTQ+ Mystery… and look what I found! Poison at Penshaw Hall (The Milverton Mysteries #2) is in position #29, and it’s not due out for another 9 months! (Note, these lists are updated frequently, so it may have jumped around by the time you…
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My book at my local library
I spotted my latest cosy mystery, Murder on Milverton Square, on the New Books shelf at my local library… Do you think they’ll let me check it out? I made a quick 16-second video about it on TikTok here, or you can watch below: They also included it in their weekly Fiction New Titles email…
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A walk in the mountains for book research
When I signed up for a 12km (~7.5mi) walk, I thought that was a decent but very manageable walk. What I hadn’t factored in was this being over a mountain range and in the middle of the day at the height of summer with zero shade. Oops. Jump down for details about the event, the…
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Book giveaway reminder
I’m giving away Murder on Milverton Square on StoryGraph! It’s only open for entries for another few days: What’s StoryGraph? StoryGraph is a book reviewing and cataloguing website (similar to Goodreads) with fantastic personalised stats and graphs to summarise your reading (you can even import your Goodreads shelves and reading history). You can see some of the graphs in…
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