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Matthew Rumbelow

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Children's, Young Adult, Poetry

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I was born in 1973, and grew up in Gretton, a smallish village in north Northamptonshire. As the youngest of four by a sizeable margin, I was generally left to my own devices. From memory, I spent most of my time roaming the countryside, playing computer games or making Airfix kits.
After the usual treadmill of school, exams and university, I moved to London to train as a solicitor; a career that I thought I might enjoy, but ended up mostly hating. Parting company with the legal profession a few years after qualifying (a blessed release both for me and the legal profession), I side-stepped into management consultancy and eventually gravitated towards internal communication. I set up my own consultancy in 2009, which still keeps me busy toda ...more

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The Strange Tales of the Alphabet Children
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Deborah Panesar (Illustrator)

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Matthew Rumbelow liked Birgit Scott's review of The Strange Tales of the Alphabet Children: "Beautifully presented, written and illustrated. A true delight to own and read."
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Matthew Rumbelow liked S Walsh's review of The Strange Tales of the Alphabet Children: "Magical read with my sons 10 and 12 - who love the sometime gruesome endings! Each tale rollicks along with a satisfying metre and makes for entertaining words to chew your chops around. The vocab is scattered with a refreshingly advanced and colourf" Read more of this review »
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Matthew Rumbelow and 1 other person liked Amy Alice's review of The Strange Tales of the Alphabet Children: "A beautiful, creepy and clever book. A work of art (well done Deborah) and such deftly woven rhymes. Something to pass down for generations."
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Matthew Rumbelow liked Shalini Ayre's review of The Strange Tales of the Alphabet Children: "A collection of lyrical stories about children that through their hobbies, interests or fears, often tend to meet a rather unfortunate end. Each child's first name, as the title of the book suggests, begins with a letter from the alphabet accompanied" Read more of this review »
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Matthew Rumbelow rated a book it was amazing Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) by Stephen Fry	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A typically erudite, entertaining and well-written book by one of my favourite authors. Fry manages to inject humour and insight into what could be a dry subject if handled badly. I found myself continually exclaiming as yet another word's origin sud ...more
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