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Tag Archives: Diane Parkin
Day 8 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Porto & Fi Another cracking, if somewhat shorter day at the Edinburgh Book Festival–only 8 hours spent in Charlotte Square instead of the requisite dozen. Tiredness, however, is beginning to creep into affairs. Long days coupled with intense periods … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Britannia Spice, British literature, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Diane Parkin, Douglas Adams, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Indian food, JF Derry, Joseph Brooker, Leith, Louise Welsh, Paul Mundoon, photo shoot, Poetry, Pulitzer prize, Ray Ryan, Reading, Robin Robertson, Sam Leith, self-publishing, Shakespeare, Simon Lelic, Spiegeltent, T S Eliot, The Guardian, writers
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Day 6 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Porto & Fi I started my day off at the coffee shop, easing my way into what I knew would be a long one. I sat with a large cappuccino and read (electronically) more of Andrew Raymond Drennan’s The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Reading
Tagged Andrew Raymond Drennan, Apple, blepharospasm, blindness, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Candia McWilliam, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, computer, Day Job, Diane Parkin, EdBookFest, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, Iain Banks, iMac, John Byrne, Reading, Shereen Nanjiani, Simon Hoggart, The Guardian, Val McDermid, writers
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A Day Off from the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: Porto & Fi I had a day away from the Edinburgh Book Festival yesterday, the first of only two days off from the 17 that make up its run. There was no particular reason for this other than a … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged Apple, Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, City of Literature, Diane Parkin, dining, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, friends, iMac, Newhaven, Porto & Fi, Reading, restaurant, wedding anniversary, writers
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Time Out With Diane Parkin
Image: Diane Parkin: Night Crawler It is Easter 1996, and a young homosexual junkie has been murdered. His boyfriend is arrested and charged. Marcie Craig, local DJ and good friend of the prime suspect, knows he didn’t do it and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged authors, Books, Diane Parkin, Lulu, Night Crawler, Publishing and Marketing, readers, Reading, self-publishing, Writing
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Polarised
Image: popsci.com Many thanks to Diane Parkin for having me over at her blog yesterday. If you missed it, head on over for what was an in-depth look at the development of STELLA. Today I am feeling rather polarised. On … Continue reading
Clockwise
Image: FMD Check me out today over at the blog of freelance writer, photo journalist, and long-time cyber buddy, Diane Parkin!!! I’ll be answering questions all day after what was a very different and interesting interview to do, so please … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged Amazon, Animals, author events, author page, blog tour, Blogging, Books, Cate Masters, competition, Day Job, Diane Parkin, e-book, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Zoo, free stuf, Interview, marketing, penguins, promotion, Reading, sales, Stella, ticket sales, tickets, web cam
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Freedom from the Mundane 