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Travelling Suitcase Library: December 2011

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A totally original and extremely modern environmentally friendly and generally save-the-worldy brand new library service! We aim to provide as wide a range of books as can be fit into a suitcase, but if there is anything you are particularly interested in, please let us know so we can be on the look out. All of our lovely books are either donations to the cause, recycled from other library weedings or bought in charity shops; we aim to be as liberal and save-the-worldy as possible! Book Swap at Cafe 164.

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Travelling Suitcase Library: August 2012

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A totally original and extremely modern environmentally friendly and generally save-the-worldy brand new library service! We aim to provide as wide a range of books as can be fit into a suitcase, but if there is anything you are particularly interested in, please let us know so we can be on the look out. All of our lovely books are either donations to the cause, recycled from other library weedings or bought in charity shops; we aim to be as liberal and save-the-worldy as possible! Wednesday 29 August 6-...

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Travelling Suitcase Library: January 2011

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A totally original and extremely modern environmentally friendly and generally save-the-worldy brand new library service! We aim to provide as wide a range of books as can be fit into a suitcase, but if there is anything you are particularly interested in, please let us know so we can be on the look out. All of our lovely books are either donations to the cause, recycled from other library weedings or bought in charity shops; we aim to be as liberal and save-the-worldy as possible! Arcadia, Headingley,.

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Travelling Suitcase Library: World Book Night 2013

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A totally original and extremely modern environmentally friendly and generally save-the-worldy brand new library service! We aim to provide as wide a range of books as can be fit into a suitcase, but if there is anything you are particularly interested in, please let us know so we can be on the look out. All of our lovely books are either donations to the cause, recycled from other library weedings or bought in charity shops; we aim to be as liberal and save-the-worldy as possible! World Book Night 2013.

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Literary Sisters: interview with Antonia Honeywell

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Literary Sisters: interview with Antonia Honeywell. February 17, 2015. And tomorrow is the launch day for Antonia’s debut novel,. She has been described by Maggie Gee as ‘a strikingly original new talent’ and has endorsements from Helen Dunmore, Laline Paull and M R Carey. I couldn’t be more proud. Published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson,. The Ship has such an original premise. Tell us where the idea came from and how the novel began to take shape in your mind. Antonia: I don’t think of the world of. In a ...

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Happenings

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From ‘Flogging a Dead Horse’ (1993) Paul Reas. In collaboration with First Story (North West), I’ll be running a workshop at an inter-schools event at the Impressions Gallery in Bradford. We’ll be using images from Paul Reas’ exhibition ‘Day Dreaming About the Good Times? 8217; as a starting point. It’s a fascinating retrospective, which explores class and culture in Britain during the 1980s and 1990s. There’s more information on the gallery’s website. Subscribe to my blog. Fab to see @emmacsweeney.

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‘I Have a Dream….’

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8216;I Have a Dream….’. January 14, 2015. What do these words mean to you? The phrase was the focus for a secondary school event I attended at the University of Huddersfield last week. The students, all participants in the First Story. About equality. And then we listened to a cheesy Abba song. Sign in with Twitter. Sign in with Facebook. Previous post: Is prewriting like pre-cooking? Next post: Literary Sisters: interview with Antonia Honeywell. Subscribe to my blog. Fab to see @emmacsweeney. Sarah Maso...

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The prewriting toolkit: daydreaming

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The prewriting toolkit: daydreaming. December 30, 2014. At the National Association of Writers in Education, for instance, daydreaming featured as the most popular prewriting activity perhaps because we all do quite a lot of it, much of the time. What are the benefits of daydreaming? Can we learn how to daydream? Scott Kaufman, ‘ Dreams of Glory. While many of us daydream, much of the time, we might be unaware of its potency. It’s fascinating to think how daydreaming might be harnessed in this way fo...

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A Commuting Bookworms Life: July 2012

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A Commuting Bookworms Life. Book reviews in less than 250 words. Tuesday, 31 July 2012. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. I was supplied this book by We Love This Book for review, However the review is my un-biased and not influenced by any one else’s. A tiny man-made island in the. For two hundred years the sole gateway between. And the West. Here, in the dying days of the 18. We also learn about the collapse of the Dutch East. This read would suit anyone who likes their books wit...