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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
I’ll be blunt: if this is as good as crime fiction gets these days, then I won’t be reading any more. I might be a little unfair in saying this and perhaps it’s my annoyance as I was a third of the way through the book as I saw advertising…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J K Rowling et al
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars I love Harry Potter. The whole franchise: the books which I came to as an adult when a student recommended them to me and gave me the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review – The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson
Interested in learning more about this book? Shortform provide a brilliant set of summary notes you will find really helpful. Get your free trial here with 20% off the subscription you use the link. I Think Bill Bryson’s ‘Notes from a Small Island’ was the second book of his I…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English by Oliver Kamm
Oliver Kamm is my new god. At least where the so-called ‘rules of grammar’ are concerned anyway. For a long time, my sole useful guide to grammar and style which sat on my desk was Fowler’s (I also have the Oxford Manual but find that less helpful). Recently I added…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson My rating: 4 of 5 stars ‘The Hundred-Year-Old Man’ is, in a nutshell, a Swedish Forrest Gump with bombs. Allan Karlsson is a gentle, peace-loving Swede with no political interest whatsoever yet over the course of…
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Continue reading →: Beer and Biriyani – a new book project
I’m delighted to announce my latest book project – “Beer and Biriyani” which is the working title of a book I’m writing with my good friend Jesmin Chowdhury. Jesmin is a wonderful example of how friendships over the internet can blossom and be rewarding (something I’ve experienced many times over).…
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Continue reading →: Report on Bangladesh Part II – Those who have no TV to hide behind
By Ken Powell (originally published in the Egremont 2Day newspaper) I WROTE last time about the security issues travelling around Bangladesh on my trip last February. These aren’t imagined dangers and they’re not just aimed at foreigners either. While we were out in the villages enjoying the best home-made curry…
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Continue reading →: Walls or Bridges? A Two-part report on Bangladesh
Originally published at the Egremont 2Day newspaper in March 2016 By Ken Powell ken@egremont2day.co.uk Part One WELL I survived my trip to Bangladesh – did you miss me? No, never mind, better I don’t know! You may recall my nerves about going last month. Things are a bit volatile over…
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Continue reading →: Big picture meets the nitty-gritty: the struggle of writing a TEDx talk
Reblogged from my personal blog kenthinksaloud. It sounded like such a good idea at the time. Yeah of course I’d love give a talk at TEDx Whitehaven! And I did want to – I do want to. But, that old, old problem which faces most writers has arisen as I’ve struggled to write…
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