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Her hidden face – cover-art on historical fiction

14 August, 202111 March, 2015

Commentary spun off from last week: why so much cover-art for historical novels with female protagonists features a woman who hides her face or whose face is hidden.

Categories At the Quill, Reviews

Fear of free-fall – before a crowdfunding campaign

9 November, 201823 July, 2014

In which we return (by way of free-fall) to crowd funding and consider what might be involved in a campaign to attract support for my projected photo-book.

Categories At the Quill, Indie publishing
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The Great Dragon Tattoo Giveaway (part 2)

8 August, 201926 March, 2014

The story of how Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo helped establish a British publishing house – but almost destroyed it first.
(Part 2 of 2)

Categories At the Quill, Indie publishing
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The Great Dragon Tattoo Giveaway (part 1)

8 August, 201926 March, 2014

The story of how Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo helped establish a British publishing house – but almost destroyed it first.
(Part 1 of 2)

Categories At the Quill, Indie publishing

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Most popular posts published in 2022

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Michael Rosen and Many Different Kinds of Love (January)
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Writing a wreath – adventures in poetry (February)
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Bruce and the Spider – writing resolutions in 2022 (January)
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Impressions from the SWF22 (August)
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Return to Tema: the search for house and school (March)

Most popular posts from earlier years

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Liminal places: on the threshold – a reading diary (2021)
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Thinking how to translate Jana Kippo (2021)
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Jamestown, Accra: walking through history with Collins and Lee (2020)
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Bringing up the Bodies from Wolf Hall (2020)
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Curse words we all use – but less often nowadays (2021)
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A couple of days in Maastricht (2016)
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