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Day 10 at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Image: EdBookFest I was really quite tired yesterday after such an intensely enjoyable weekend at the Edinburgh Book Festival. It was back to the day job for 8am, clutching a bacon roll and black coffee and wishing I was up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged 2-Tone, Andre Schiffrin, black culture, bloggers, Blogging, Book Festival, Books, Charlotte Square, Chris Close, City of Literature, EdBookFest, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Music, New York, Pantheon, Pauline Black, photo shoot, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, racism, Random House, Reading, ska, The Guardian, The Selecter, writers
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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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Freedom from the Mundane 
Things that Irk
Image: cat.biz Things that Irk As I get older I find it easier not to get riled by things. Practice and a degree of self-awareness has led me to the point where I can let most things lie, and walk … Continue reading →