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Libby posted a new activity comment 2 years, 10 months ago
Thanks, Richard. I hadn’t realised how small the station is. It’s good it’s now listed. I imagine it would be vulnerable to being left to fall apart without a team of dedicated voluteers.
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly comp – June 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 2 years, 11 months ago
398 words exc title
Content warning: threat of terminal illnes
The Road to the Hospital I’ll be Visiting Tomorrow
The old sports model is red and open-topped, a Noddy car for the middle-aged and young elderly. How sniping I am today. From my hatchback I criticise the driver’s grey hair sticking out from his baseball cap. The passenger wea…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 2 years, 11 months ago
@daedalus
Mine is becoming a more interesting story than I’d thought it was but it needs more time so I’m not going to enter. Good luck with yours if you do enter. -
Libby posted a new activity comment 2 years, 11 months ago
Thanks, Daeds. I’m trying to get a story ready in time. Are you going to enter?
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I was thinking of entering one I’d already written, thought I’d missed the deadline but I haven’t, so I might go for it. How’s yours coming along?
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@daedalus
Mine is becoming a more interesting story than I’d thought it was but it needs more time so I’m not going to enter. Good luck with yours if you do enter.
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Libby replied to the topic Motor Racing's Blackest Day: Le Mans, 1955 in the forum Blogs 3 years ago
Richard, did you hear the recent item on Radio 4 on the anniversary of the loss of the Penlee lifeboat? Unexpectedly they played the last call between the lifeboat captain and Falmouth coastguard. The shock of hearing it made me weep.
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Libby replied to the topic Motor Racing's Blackest Day: Le Mans, 1955 in the forum Blogs 3 years ago
Thank you, Richard. As I read your account I wondered about Hawthorn’s personality and possible similarities to some of the heroes of the two world wars – talented and determined men whose skills and outlook were sometimes too abrasive for civilian life. This piece seems to confirm that On This Day: Mike Hawthorn, Just what DID happen on 22nd…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly Comp – March 2023 in the forum Monthly Competition 3 years ago
Congratulations @Kate
Another lovely Pix and Gabe story!
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Libby replied to the topic Story in new collection in the forum Podium 3 years ago
Congratulations on Action this Day, @Daedalus
I look forward to reading the paperback when it comes out.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 1 month ago
Re the appearance of ads of any kind, I don’t get any ads, not on the Guardian site or anywhere else. I have Microsoft Edge set to the highest privacy setting, I use DuckDuckGo for all searches unless the results aren’t extensive enough and only use Google for YouTube and maps. I clear cookies every few days and mostly disallow them where I…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 1 month ago
This research report shows more of the unpleasant truth of vanity publishing
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Libby replied to the topic Close to Home in the forum Blogs 3 years, 2 months ago
What a lovely place and beautiful countryside, Richard. I’m not surprised you like it. I can’t comment on St Patrick, being very ignorant when it comes to saints, but I enjoyed watching the re-enactment and the story of the Romans.
So many mining areas have been returned to nature that it’s now impossible to fully imagine what they used to look…[Read more]
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Libby replied to the topic The book trade and older readers in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 2 months ago
I use reviews too. They’re not my only resource when making choices but they let me know what’s out there in general – what some of the trends and hits are, and the interesting new names.
Then there are the books I want to read because I’ve read the author’s previous book(s).
There are the usual chance factors: browsing in bookshops both new and…[Read more]
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Libby started the topic The book trade and older readers in the forum Coffee Shop 3 years, 2 months ago
In this week’s The Bookseller, the very large publishing company Hachette UK reports on its recent initiative to understand and cater to the UK’s very large customer-group of readers over 45. In 2018 they started an in-house group called AgeWise to do research and, presumably, to make recommendations to Hachette.
What took anyone in publishing so…[Read more]
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 2 months ago
I’m sure that’s a reflection on how good the entries are.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 5 months ago
Happy Christmas, Ath and Richard, and everyone. Best wishes for 2023.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 6 months ago
It’s arrived already @hilary . It’ll take me a little while to get to it – I have some library books to finish first. I’m impressed by your publisher. I hadn’t heard of Lightning Books before. In addition to Sea Defences I bought some novels and memoirs from their antipodean collection.
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Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 6 months ago
Ah, right. It’s good though that you’ll be in the anthology.
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Libby replied to the topic Prize and novel publication in the forum Podium 3 years, 6 months ago
Congratulations @hilary
I’ve ordered a copy of Sea Defences. I’m highly unlikely to be in Suffolk in January but have a great time at the launch.
Congratulations too for the flash win. Does the Bridport site post the winning stories? I couldn’t find any but the site isn’t the easiest to use.
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Thank you for ordering Sea Defences, @libby
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It’s arrived already @hilary . It’ll take me a little while to get to it – I have some library books to finish first. I’m impressed by your publisher. I hadn’t heard of Lightning Books before. In addition to Sea Defences I bought some novels and memoirs from their antipodean collection.
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Thank you, Libby. Good to hear you found more books from them too.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 7 months ago
Brilliant news @thea! I love the tag line, ‘the Roman Empire but not as we know it.’
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Thanks so much, Libby. Yes, hoping to have a print book in the new year.
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Libby posted a new activity comment 3 years, 7 months ago
Or alumna 😉
Every so often I read a badly written JW message. I think they’re doing stuff either in a hurry or are a bit understaffed. - Load More
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Yes, when i stumbled across the place two or three years ago, though the memorial garden was well maintained the actual building did look just a little sorry for itself.