…Royal Mail believed that any problems with the postal system could be countered simply by moving the post farther away from the ground), is a pleasant experience, and I’m looking…

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…and simply enjoy the book itself. Are you aware of any other great Irish authors we should celebrate along with the Baileys and the whisky? Or perhaps just some Irish-themed…

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…human cultural habits. The communal aspect of a campfire ghost story session, or simply a neighbourly gossip, brings us together in a special way, and it seems that the oldest…

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…if I were God Prickling my ankles and murmuring of their humility Fumy, spiritous mists inhabit this place. Separated from my house by a row of headstones. I simply cannot…

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…when you could write about more difficult issues, and more openly. Or simply when you could read something a bit steamy – D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, originally written in…

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…illustrations. I can’t think of another writing / illustrating pairing that is harder to divide in my mind. Blake’s images simply are Roald Dahl’s world make manifest. So, for all…

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…one of those people with an itchy thumb restless for the next email or status update. I’m beginning to think that simply people watching to fill a few minutes on…

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…Blind Detective series, I had no idea that it would turn into a murder mystery – let alone a series. I’d simply decided to write a novel based around the…

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…conceive that this gem of a book might not have ever officially crossed the Atlantic – well, it would simply never have crossed my mind. If only it had… in…

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…of nonsense to create some nice headlines or indeed the sign of an obviously inflated ego, I am tempted to conclude this gender-themed blog by simply adding to one of…

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Last night I simply could not sleep. I was extremely and unequivocably tired, and yet I could not sleep. After almost three hours of tossing, huffing and turning in bed,…

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…daily This Life comic strip made her think of me… well, I couldn’t possibly defend myself. I simply had to agree. Chiara Priorelli, Publicity & Online Marketing Manager Recommend This:…

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…friends suggest that the quiet was simply due to her absence. Just as she’s settling back into her routine at the antiques shop and as domestic helper and dog walker,…

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…so that the text of the blurb stands out more, or the entire design can be changed from the first brief, simply because we realise our initial concept for the…

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…probably make it more likely that I’ll simply give up and take comfort in the sofa and a packet of biscuits. But that’s not to say I haven’t got some…

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…Dylan Thomas to his wife Caitlin, simply because I noted it was written whilst on a book tour in America. As a publicist whose job sometimes involves sending authors on…

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…it was a bookshelf at first – simply a stack of books precariously piled on top of each other…. But no, it is in a quirky and clever Italian design….

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…home from the office, or simply having an afternoon of doing absolutely nothing. Especially in the dark nights, the motivation to flail through the cold streets with a backpack strapped…

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…found, to my utmost delight, the small Danish semi-spherical Peppernodder biscuits I used to devour over Xmas as a child. It’s worth passing by café simply for the pleasure of…

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In response to the vast number of unsolicited manuscripts we receive at Allison and Busby, and in view of the fact that we simply do not have the time or…

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A mischievously clever collection of twenty-two short stories from the pen of classic crime author Catherine Aird. The much-loved police duo Detective Inspector Christopher Sloan and Detective Constable William Crosby…

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