The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Saturday, 4 August 2012

Underneath the Arches....

This week's Saturday Snapshot hasn't moved far from Tamworth Station, because on this day (August 4) in 1839, railway pioneer George...

Friday, 3 August 2012

A Farewell to Maeve Binchy

I am sure thousands of words have already been written in tribute to Irish novelist Maeve Binchy , who died on Monday at the age of 72, but ...

Wednesday, 1 August 2012

August Reading

It hardly seems possible that August is here, the shops are already full of 'Back to School' displays, and summer will soon be over ...

Monday, 30 July 2012

Canadian Reading

My reading list for July included a self-set challenge to read something by a Canadian – other than Margaret Atwood, Guy Gavriel Kay and Luc...

Sunday, 29 July 2012

Rediscovering Rosamond Lehmann

One of the good things about blogging is that not only do you come across recommendations for things you've never read, but you come acr...

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