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Tiverton Book Festival 2024
Tiverton Book Festival 2024, the authors, the venues and books!
liznojanbooks
Nov 2, 20244 min read
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Poet's Perspective
The day we moved into Tiverton from Buckinghamshire one of our new neighbours knocked on the door to introduce themselves while we...
Paul Mortimer
Feb 3, 20233 min read
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Poet's Perspective
My mum was an avid reader, and it was she who set a fire under me! By the time I started primary school in Hong Kong where we lived at...
Paul Mortimer
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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Poet's Perspective
I am not going to talk about THAT book. It’s had the sort of publicity in a few days that top selling authors would give their...
Paul Mortimer
Jan 13, 20233 min read
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Poet's Perspective
I wonder how many of us turned into big kids last Saturday morning when we opened the curtains to find snow on the ground? I do not...
Paul Mortimer
Dec 19, 20222 min read
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Poet's perspective
Book shops are magical places. The air is full of stories whispering in your ear, infinite possibilities of being taken to different...
Paul Mortimer
Dec 9, 20223 min read
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Poet's Perspective
Book publishing is alive and kicking and clearly book buying is, at worst, still breathing. You only need to enter any bookstore to...
Paul Mortimer
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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Poet's Perspective
Any serious reader will have a TBR pile. That is Twitter parlance for ‘to be read.’ One of those anacronyms that keep invading our lives...
Paul Mortimer
Nov 11, 20222 min read
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Poet's Perspective
George Orwell said: ‘In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.’ It is a quote apt for our times on...
Paul Mortimer
Nov 4, 20223 min read
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Poet's Perspective
Egrets, we have a few Life and structure on the earth is ever shifting. The place does not standstill, though it does not move along in...
Paul Mortimer
Oct 14, 20222 min read
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Poet's Perspective
Taking Risks Coming as I do from the edge of Snowdonia it was no surprise that by the age of 11 my dad was taking me rock climbing. It...
Paul Mortimer
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Poet's Perspective
Problems with apples There are a few authors whose every book I have or will read. Among them are Lawrence Durrell, Dylan Thomas, Ian...
Paul Mortimer
Sep 30, 20222 min read
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Poet’s Perspective
With Paul Mortimer Born in North Wales, poet & writer Paul Mortimer has lived in Tiverton for 13 years. His first poetry collection,...
Paul Mortimer
Sep 22, 20222 min read
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Book Review: Cornerstones
Book review written by Paul Conium Cornerstones by Benedict Macdonald You’d be forgiven for thinking that there is no good news anymore....
Paul Conium
Sep 20, 20223 min read
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What to read and where to go this Summer.
If you're local to Devon and Cornwall you're going to love this, and if you live further away you're going to want to visit, book in...
liznojanbooks
Aug 15, 20224 min read
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5 Reasons to Visit Tiverton
Tiverton is a quaint market town in Mid-Devon and popular tourist spot for those wanting to visit Exmoor, Dartmoor and South Devon from...
liznojanbooks
Jul 11, 20224 min read
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