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No unboxing video because a) I am incapable of mustering sufficient ‘ooh what could possibly be inside?’ vibes and 2. I look like a hobbit crossed with Leo Sayer on a bad hair day, but LOOK! BOOKS! One week to go... #essex #harlow #essexgirl #amwritingLockdown library: loved it. Classic Marian. Funny. Sad. Unputdownable.Started a new thing. In my happy place. #amwritingLockdown Library: Moving and beautiful, if painful at times, memoir of growing up in the sixties and seventies; all the more poignant for the loss of the author.The only item of sensible clothing I’m happy to wear...Hello, lovely people. My homage to Harlow and the 1981 royal wedding The Talk of Pram Town is FINALLY coming out in March and to celebrate I’ll be in conversation with lovely Emma from Bookish and the brilliant Jenny Quintana. Yes tickets are £5 BUT it’s helping to keep indie bookshops alive. Please please do come. Sign up via the link here... https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joanna-nadin-andjenny-quintana-in-conversation-tickets-139839739425Twitter
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Tag Archives: My So-Called Life
Rachel says…
Today’s blog tour stop is with Amy Bookworm, who has carried out an insightful interview with Rachel herself. No, really… (plus the last pages of The Facts of Life, in case you need a little catch up). Hello Rachel! You … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Reading, Teen
Tagged diary, My So-Called Life, Rachel Riley, Saffron Walden, teen, The Time of My Life
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(Almost) The Time of My Life
*coughs in attention-seeking manner* So, as I shall be spending World Book Day editing the least-book-related document you could imagine, I thought I’d get a book out instead. Officially on shelves tomorrow, The Time of My Life is the last … Continue reading
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Tagged My So-Called Life, Rachel Riley, Saffron Walden, Time of My Life
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The Life of Riley
I never wanted to be a writer when I grew up. That is to say, it didn’t occur to me that writing was a “real” job, much less one that I would be capable of, or derive enjoyment from, my … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Dancing, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Fiction, Heidi, Joanna Nadin, My So-Called Life, Rachel Riley, writing
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Me, Rachel Riley
One of the most-oft asked questions of writers is: “Is the book autobiographical?” Or “Is there any of you in there?” The easy answer is that every book contains a little of its author: these are, after all, words we … Continue reading
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Tagged My So-Called Life, Rachel Riley, Saffron Walden
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Tis the season to be jolly…
… fa la la la laa etc etc. And normally I am the first one up with the Christmas tree (fake – I have hoovering OCD) and tinsel, and the first one to overdose on Quality Street, cry at the … Continue reading
Back to the start…
So, it’s New Year. And there’s the usual rash of ill-thought-out resolutions and promises e.g. I absolutely will use that pink step machine I bought in a fit of crisp-induced madness for at least fifteen minutes every day. But for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Reading, Teen, Uncategorized
Tagged Chick Lit, Joanna Nadin, My So-Called Life, Rachel Riley, Saffron Walden, Teen Lit
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