• 10 Saga books that were not very successful as the movies

    17 August 2020

    There's not much depth to this article that appeared on Code List a while back, about movie adaptations that weren't as successful as the books on which they were based -- it basically just lists...

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  • Heywood Gardens

    16 August 2020

    Some more photos from the Shan clan's recent staycation holiday. These were taken on the day we drove to Carlow, in a park in Laois, the day before the county was forced to go back into lockdown....

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  • Amity Lee quartet

    15 August 2020


    I've featured a lot of art by a fan called Amity Lee over the last year or so. It's not favouritism by any means -- she's just very very good, and very very prolific! Here are four very different...

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  • Archibald Lox sale

    14 August 2020

    To tie in with an upcoming BookBub promotion, I've temporarily reduced the cost of the eBooks of Book 2 and Book 3 of my new Archibald Lox series to just $0.99 each -- Book 1 is FREE -- which means...

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  • Shame

    13 August 2020

    I've drawn back from political posts over the last few years. It's not that I've started to shy away from voicing my opinions on some of the hot topics of the 21st century -- I'll never be afraid...

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  • Rock of Dunamase

    12 August 2020

    The Shan clan were supposed to have flown abroad for sun holidays a couple of times this summer, but Covid-19 put an end to those plans, so last week we headed off for a short staycation in a nice...

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