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All Fiction Posts
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Book Review: The Empire Girls, Sue Wilsher
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Writer of the Week: Anne Pack
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Book Review: “All That Remains” by Sue Black
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Birds Come Calling
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Behind The Scenes: What Not To Say
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Writer of the Week: Lydia Jones
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The 5 Types of Books to Take on Holiday
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The River Calls Us Home – revisited!
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Book Review: My Not So Perfect Life By Sophie Kinsella
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Writer Of The Week: Wendy Clarke
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Behind The Scenes: Lucy, Reading & The Weekly News
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: “The Wish” by Alex Brown
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What We’d Do With A Bank Holiday
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Writer of the Week: Glenda Young
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Writing Tools: Tenses
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Writer of the Week: Pamela Kavanagh
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Story Starter: Tractor
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Behind The Scenes: Our First Twitter Chat
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Writer of the Week: Louise J Stevens
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Story Starter: Ruler
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Quick Guidelines for Sending in Short Stories
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Book Review: “The Martian” By Andy Weir
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Writer of the Week: Suran Sarapuk
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Story Starter: Roadster
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Writing Tools: Point of View
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Book Review: Dear Mrs Bird
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Writer of the Week: Keith Havers
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Story Starter: Cruise Liner
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POETRY Please!
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Writer of the Week: Alice Elliott
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Story Starter: Warehouses
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Writing Tools: Seasons
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: “A New Map of Love”
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Writer of the Week: Eirin Thompson
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Writing Tools: Dialogue
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Writer of the Week: Alison Carter
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Writing Tools Recap
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: Spoonbenders
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Fiction Sneak Peek: March 17, 2018 issue
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Writer of the Week: Sam Tonge
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Time To Think About Names
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: “The Mother’s Secret”
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Writer of the Week: Sue Cook
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Writing Tools: How Many Words?
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review
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Writer of The Week: Jessma Carter
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Book Review: “The River Cottage”
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Writing Tools: Location
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: Midwinter Break
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Fiction Sneak Peek: Feb 24, 2018
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Writer of the Week: Kate Blackadder
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The Bookazine and Archives
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Behind The Scenes: SAW Conference 2018
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Fiction Sneak Peek: Feb 17, 2018 issue
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: The Last of The Greenwoods
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Writer of the Week: Lynn Love
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Story Starter: 1000-piece jigsaw + 1!
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Writing Tools: Inspiration
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review: Endurance, Scott Kelly
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Fiction Sneak Peek: Feb 10, 2018 issue
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Writer of the Week: Kim Fleet
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Story Starter: Hello, Brolly!
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Writing Tools: Genres
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Why Lucy Wants to Hear From You!
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Fiction Ed’s Book Review
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Fiction Sneak Peek: Feb 3, 2018 issue
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Writer of the Week: Louise McIvor
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Story Starter: Room With A View
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