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Blog: John Lewis sued by self-published children’s author over Christmas ad from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoFay Evans alleges a ‘striking similarity’ between the 2019 Excitable Edgar TV campaign and her 2017 book Fred the Fire-Sneezing DragonThe author of a sel […]
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Blog: I’m a mom to a really awesome 8 year old with special needs. While he is extremely proficient in music and piano, I’ve struggled for a long time to get him to take any interest in reading, he’s just never really latched to any book- UNTIL, we tried Coraline after watching the film. We read it together in the evenings, he talks about it extensively the rest of the day. This is the first book he’s ever taken a real interest in, so thank you so much for writing it!! from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoYou are SO welcome! That made my day. Fortunately The Milk might also hold his interest. It’s very silly, but silly in a smart sort of way…
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Blog: Saw someone was struggling to find your books. i was surprised and thought maybe you’d like to hear that in Armenia your books can be found in multiple languages at about any bookstore. (maybe this should be a message and not an ask, i don’t know how these things work) from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoI’m so glad. I think it varies from country to country and from bookshop to bookshop. But hurrah for Armenia!
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Blog: The filming for Good Omens kind of messed up my trip to Hopetoun House today. But our bus was apparently also in your way a bit, so truce? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoSorry about that. We don’t start filming until nightfall, though…
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Blog: Bill Nighy to narrate Terry Pratchett’s footnotes in new Discworld recordings from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe actor will bring Pratchett’s ‘personal commentary’ to life in a star-studded re-recording of all 40 Discworld audiobooks, featuring narrators from Indira Varma […]
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Blog: Fiction for older children reviews – forces of nature and gorilla warfare from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoTwo outsiders unite to tackle second world war wrongs; the ‘ape engineer’, Sally Jones, returns; and can Ben Okri’s young heroine save her mother?Once an autho […]
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Blog: Isn’t it weird to have a son and grandchildren the same age??? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoNot really. It gives him the equivalent of the cousins I had growing up and that my older kids had, except his are technically nephews and a niece. He is happy to […]
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Blog: Hi Mr Gaiman… If you could only eat one sandwich/baguette for the rest of your life, what would you pick? Have a good day from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoA very, very long one.
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Blog: I am extremely fortunate to say I’m going to see Ocean at the End of the Lane in London tomorrow. Do you have anything you’d like a first-time viewer to keep in mind? from
Neil Gaiman in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoTake tissues. Or a pocket handkerchief if you have such a thing.
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Blog: Monster Of The Week 98: STAMPS from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoMonster Of The Week 98 is STAMPS, big boots, big hair, in between nothing there, never got into e-mail, uses snail mail, you can always hear what they’re up to, […]
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Blog: I Live a Life Like Yours by Jan Grue review – a world of difference from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoThe Norwegian’s memoir about the trials of life with an incurable condition is a restrained and stunning meditation on what it means to be humanJan Grue knows t […]
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Blog: 139. The Red Horse from
Becky's Book Reviews in the group Book bloggers 3 years, 2 months agoThe Red Horse. (Billy Boyle #15) James R. Benn. 2020. 336 pages. [Source: Bought]First sentence: Something was wrong. The wind bit at the back of my neck, and I […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Meta Writing Dare: Have a character take part in #NaNoWriMo and try to use some dares in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years, 2 months agoHow meta can you go? Get a story within a story by having a character attempt NaNoWriMo. If you get stuck, you can always write how the character feels about being stuck when really you are just talking about […]
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Blog: The big idea: are we really so polarised? | Dominic Packer and Jay Van Bavel from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoIn many democracies the political chasm seems wider than ever. But emotion, not policies, may be what actually divides usIn 2020, the match-making website OkCupid […]
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Blog: I Watch Movies: Okko's Inn from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoOkko’s Inn Okko is a schoolkid (the Japanese novel series this film is based on is called “The Junior Innkeeper Is A Grade Schooler”) and is involved in a car c […]
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Blog: Some Sources say from
Lord Matt (old geek) in the group Matthew D. Brown (Author) 3 years, 2 months agoSome Sources say – a site that corrects a problem in journalism that no one cares aboutHave you ever noticed how common it is for newspapers to back up their words […]
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Matthew Brown edited the blog post
Some Sources say in the group The Fantastic (Group) of Lord Matt, Super Geek: 3 years, 2 months agoHave you ever noticed how common it is for newspapers to back up their words with “some sources say”? I have. They never say which sources so it could be anyone (or no one).
This was the inspiration behind […]
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Blog: Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi review – all aboard the mystery train from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoA couple’s romantic journey turns into a trip of a different sort in this dazzling if inscrutable novelIt may be laden with whimsical details and witticisms, but t […]
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Blog: The Book of Emotions review – how does it feel? from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoEditor Edgar Gerrard Hughes’s volume of quizzes, ideas, tests and tricks is an amusing – and sometimes alarming – diversionThere is a sense in which we are all b […]
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Blog: Things We Do Not Tell the People We Love by Huma Qureshi review – tales of everyday tragedy from
Books | The Guardian in the group The Guardian book reviews 3 years, 2 months agoYoung women of Pakistani heritage struggle to connect with their partners and mothers in an evocative and striking collectionHuma Qureshi has the perfect title for […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writing dare: Have the characters drop everything to engage in a rap battle in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years, 2 months agoIf you feel like you have got “flo” maybe your characters could engage in a rap battle. If you can’t rhyme for toffee, maybe the characters are much worse than they imagine.
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Blog: I Read Stories: All The Stars by Lori Sambol Brody from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoAll the Stars by Lori Sambol Brody in Milk Candy Review In a house in the hills of Los Angeles it’s possible to see the homes of some of the stars, Viggo M […]
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Blog: Art and Climate from
Neil Gaiman's Journal in the group Fans of Neil Gaiman 3 years, 2 months agoposted by Neil Gaiman
I really ought to blog about making Good Omens (we’re in week 4 of shooting) and making Anansi Boys (starts shooting next week), and about […]
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Matthew Brown wrote a new blog post
Writing dare: Exclusively use the numbers 1 to 25 inclusive in order in the group The Muse of Last Resort: 3 years, 2 months agoCan you hide a count up (or down) in your text by including numbers that increase (or decrease) over the narrative segment or chapter?
Some easy cases might include:
Mentioning the time or date.”A table […]
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Blog: I Watch TV: Swamp Thing from
Night of the Hats in the group Night of the Hats 3 years, 2 months agoSwamp Thing Dr Abby Arcane works for the CDC and when a mysterious “green flu” strikes her hometown of Marais in the swamps of Louisiana she has to confront her […]
