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Little Monsters – Daily Mail review

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Fame – elixir of youth

As you can see from this photograph, being published has had an oddly rejuvenating effect on me. Courtesy of Mistress Montagiste (you know who you are!)

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P Day

Well, P Day came and went without fanfare. (P, in case you haven’t guessed, stands for publication. And if you don’t know of what you simply haven’t been following.) I had a heartening text from Jutta, who was just out … Continue reading

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Little Monsters – review

The April issue of Good Housekeeping (UK), curiously due to appear in early March, has included Little Monsters among its Seven Great Reads. The other six include the latest by La Petite Anglaise, Anne Fine and Hanif Kureishi. It calls … Continue reading

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Little Monsters – a second review

Another review of Little Monsters, this time by literary blogger dovegreyreader. She asks some interesting questions about the construction of novels with more than one time thread in the narrative. If I hadn’t been awake for just under 30 hours … Continue reading

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First copy

This is me, holding the first copy of Little Monsters to reach me. I’m thrilled, as you can see. Excitement always makes me look as though I’ve just been arrested and then told to smile. I still have the packaging … Continue reading

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Used already!

The first second hand copy of Little Monsters to appear on the market can now be obtained from Loch Croispol Bookshop, the most north-westerly bookshop on the UK mainland, in the remote village of Durness. It’s a bound proof and … Continue reading

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Little Monsters

The first review of Little Monsters. And it’s a good one! You can read it here.

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Clubbing

Two UK book clubs, Books Direct and Book Giant, have decided to put Little Monsters among their choices. This is wonderful news, and I’m duly thrilled. But what I’m most fascinated by is the way the book is slowly getting … Continue reading

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The Almost Corner Bookshop

Once upon a time there was a bookshop in Rome called the Corner Bookshop. It still exists, but it’s moved slightly up from the river – wisely, as climatic things go – and is now the Almost Corner Bookshop. It’s … Continue reading

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