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February 23, 2016
Visiting London? Don’t miss ‘Shakespeare in Ten Acts’
‘Speak low if you speak love.’ ‘Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service.’ ‘Who ever loved that loved […]
February 21, 2016
Flamenco legend La Niña de los Peines
The young gypsy took his place in the middle of the circle, which the previous performers had left vacant. His long, copper-tanned fingers began thrumming his guitar. The prelude continued […]
February 16, 2016
Favourite artist: Franciso Goya
The following description is from my Spanish-set novel Indiscretion: At La Linea, just outside Gibraltar, where she had arrived by passenger ship, she had found a train heading north, up […]
February 15, 2016
Win my novel Masquerade
Thank you for visiting my blog as part of the Keep Calm and Hop On giveaway hop, hosted by http://thekidsdidit.com and http://themommyisland.blogspot.com. I’m giving away a paperback copy of my latest […]
February 14, 2016
Book review: A Paris Apartment by Michelle Gable
From the blurb: Bienvenue à Paris! When April Vogt’s boss tells her about an apartment in the ninth arrondissement that has been discovered after being shuttered for the past seventy […]
February 9, 2016
Finding affinity in the origins of Outlander
I happily confess that I am a big fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books. Her plots are intricate and clever, her historical context is fascinating, her dialogue is realistic and […]
Finding affinity inthe origins of Outlander
I happily confess that I am a big fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books. Her plots are intricate and clever, her historical context is fascinating, her dialogue is realistic and […]
February 7, 2016
The pueblos blancos of Andalucia
In my latest book, Masquerade, I describe Luz’s home as follows: The sun was benevolent today so she seated herself comfortably on the veranda. A particularly fecund crop of orange […]
The pueblosblancos of Andalucia
In my latest book, Masquerade, I describe Luz’s home as follows: The sun was benevolent today so she seated herself comfortably on the veranda. A particularly fecund crop of orange […]
February 4, 2016
Rooting fiction in its cultural time
Recently, writer Kevin Pickard wrote an article for Electric Literature entitled ‘Should Fiction Be Timeless? Pop Culture References in Contemporary Novels’. In it, he explored the enduring debate in literary […]
