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Sep 6, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    A Wildly Wet, Wonderfully Bookish Summer (opens the original)

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    It was a busy, bookish summer! And now, we’re headed to autumn, with its fleeting beauty and then we move into the land of black and white, with skeletal trees and banks of snow. Winters are excellent for reading and writing (I’m trying to put a positive spin on the forthcoming winter — I’m definitely more of a summer person!)It was a bit of a mixed summer for me, not one I had imagined. After three years of various injuries, my left foot was diagnosed as having “suffered a structural collapse”

  2. Issue · Jul 20, 2026

    Books, Beaches, Beautiful Stories and a Little News From My Own Writing World (opens the original)

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