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HAVE YOU BEEN NUUKED?
Confessing before I post: I’ve never been to Greenland* but I’ve a friend who posted photos from Nuuk, the capital city, this morning and inspired me to go down a Google rabbithole. I might have to go there before it becomes the 52nd state of the USA (after Canada, of course). By boat or plane…
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THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT: MAGGIE O’FARRELL
GENRE: HISTORIC FICTION. Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler…
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SKIPPY DIES: PAUL MURRAY
GENRE: CONTEMPORARY FICTION/SATIRE Paul Murray is a master of tragic-comedic satire. You laugh heartily, but a dark heart beats beneath the humour. I love this book at the same time as I am absolutely revolted by some of the characters. ‘Skippy’ is Daniel “Skippy” Juster, so nicknamed because of his unfortunate resemblance to a certain TV…
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Weekend Away: Maryborough, Queensland
Photo queens Park, Maryborough. (L Kelly) There’s so much to explore, enjoy and absorb…
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Thoughts on storytelling in the age of ‘Social’ Media
This week, I used AI to generate a photo of myself in Piaget’s study.…
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The Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Caboolture QLD
You may, when watching the news in February, have heard about the theft of…
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Just musing on manuscript rejection:
Publishers are looking for certain genres to fill their quotas. They demand authors and…
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Taking the Tokyo Subway
This is the statue of Hachiko, Japan’s equivalent of Scotland’s Greyfriars Bobby (photo copyright…
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Five Mystical Things About Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland
It added to the depth of the experience that no-one was allowed to take…
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The Power of Storytelling: Turning Inner Struggles into Character Arcs
Writers love to write plot twists; we revel in the next jolt of excitement.…
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There ain’t no cure for the Summertime Blues
I hate the story summer tells, and the way I never seem to belong…
Margaret R Kelly 