Maggie Davies
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If you love historical fiction, you might enjoy a FREE online event on the evening of Wednesday the 14th April. At 7.30 pm, Alison Weir...
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Maggie Davies
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
"A very fine cat indeed..."
Are writers attracted to cats? Or cats to writers? In a Zoom interview last year Maggie O'Farrell spoke of retreating to the solitude of...
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Maggie Davies
- Feb 13, 2021
- 6 min
A Cautionary Tale for Valentine's Weekend
Till Death Us do Part by Maggie Davies I wrapped my arms around Neil and kissed the top of his head. His hair might be the colour of...
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Maggie Davies
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
On Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
The hard cover copy of this impressive book was gifted to me a couple of Christmases ago, but is now available in paperback. I cannot...
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Maggie Davies
- Dec 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Santa Claus of the 18th Century
Inside The Foundling Museum, in London's Bloomsbury, hangs Hogarth's magnificent portrait of a generous-hearted man who should be far...
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Maggie Davies
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
This book - recommended to me by a friend - took me on the tortuous journey that bee-keeper, Nuri, and his artist wife, Afra, are forced...
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Maggie Davies
- Nov 20, 2020
- 2 min
Do You Write Book Reviews?
For writers, especially during lock down when bookshop signings and talks at the local library are impossible, getting on-line reviews...
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Maggie Davies
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Three Books for Christmas
If, like me, you're looking for books to put on your Christmas wish list, and you have a weakness for historical fiction, here are three...
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Maggie Davies
- Nov 5, 2020
- 2 min
We All Need Light in our Lives
Born in Newcastle, and the daughter of a Northumbrian and a Scot, my heart has always been drawn to the North. When living and working in...
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Maggie Davies
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
Amazing Grace
To those of you who feel powerless in the face of the current covid pandemic, may I suggest you take inspiration from the story of a...
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Maggie Davies
- Sep 24, 2020
- 1 min
The Devil's Crossing by Hana Cole
I thought I knew my history, but the story of the Children's Crusade, where thousands of shepherd and country boys walked from their...
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Maggie Davies
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
A Woman's Work
Our lock-down trawl of the family bookshelves unearthed a few gems that I didn't know we owned, including a copy of Mrs Beaton's Cookery...
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Maggie Davies
- Aug 27, 2020
- 4 min
Sexual Exploitation in the 18th Century Workplace
Nellie eyes my shape. 'Sweetheart let you down?' One of the babies on the bed starts grizzling and she scoops it up, not unkindly. 'I...
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Maggie Davies
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
I was bereft at finishing Andrew Miller's latest book, now available in paperback. I never wanted it to end, yet was unable to put it...
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Maggie Davies
- Jul 3, 2020
- 5 min
It Doesn't Have to Have a Happy Ending
I am pleased to share with you the following post which appeared recently on my writing group blog ninevoices.wordpress.com. George...
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Maggie Davies
- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
Taking Advantage of Charles Dickens
While I was busy editing The Servant a reader commented that they weren't able to visualise the house to which my heroine has been sent -...
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Maggie Davies
- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min
Overcoming Rejection as a Writer
Having recently finished reading the magnificent Mirror & the Light I was reminded of a fairy story I composed back in 2015 for my...
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Maggie Davies
- Jun 8, 2020
- 2 min
Writers - How Autobiographical is your Work?
A good question. Clearly Agatha Christie was never accused of murdering anyone. Nor did Hilary Mantel have first-hand experience of the...
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