Tag Archives: memoir

BVC German Editions

Posted on April 6, 2013 by
Französisch mit Spickzettel

It’s a mark of how far Book View Café has come over the past four years that we’re now releasing our second German language edition. Sherwood Smith’s Crown Duel was the first – Kronenduell came out a few months back. … Continue reading →


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Primitive Copy-rites of Ancient Peoples

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Vonda recently said something about hectograph and asked if I remembered it.  I wrote back to her:   Oh do I remember hectograph.  We had one when I was 12 or so.  My brother Karl used it most; I think … Continue reading →


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House Hunting in France

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

This is a house-hunting extract from my true crime memoir, Nous Sommes Anglais, to be published later this month. During my two-week house hunting expedition I discovered that the rural French builder had a flair for the unusual. And a hankering … Continue reading →


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Out-takes: The Recovering Optician

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

I’m working on Nous Sommes Anglais, my true crime memoir with animals, at the moment so how about some outtakes? I have a number of amusing stories that I reluctantly decided to cut from the book so I could get to the true … Continue reading →


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Where Ideas Come From: Life

Posted on April 16, 2010 by

That Which Doesn’t Kill You, You Can Write About Afterwards Some writers have well-behaved, inspirational muses who whisper sweet plots to them as they sleep. My muse is more pro-active. You want a story? I’ll give you a story. And … Continue reading →


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