MORE RIVER THAMES TALES! It is such a joy to be back in England and living by the Thames again. Not at dear old Harleyford by Temple Lock, but at Maidenhead, by Boulter’s Lock. The trouble is, I keep finding things I should have included in my
Read more →Have just spent a wonderful but busy few days in Great Malvern and Worcester finalizing arrangements for the launch of the Water Doctor’s Daughters on March 23rd. It’s to be held at 2.00pm in the spacious Morgan Bar at Malvern’s historic Foley Arms Hotel. I will be
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In my non-fiction book, The Water Doctor’s Daughters, Queen Victoria is a central figure. Early in 1842, Victoria employed a well educated young Frenchwoman as one of her wardrobe mistresses. Célestine Doudet was born in Rouen on June 15 1817, to a highly regarded French army officer
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HELLO, EDITOR DES HERE. I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS STORY ABOUT THE DEAR OLD FERRIES THAT PLY SYDNEY HARBOUR. MY GUARDIAN PAULINE CONOLLY WROTE IT. I FIXED UP A FEW TYPOS. HAHAHA Each Australia Day, Sydney’s commuter ferries race down the harbour, decorated with bunting
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My maternal grandparents James and Nora Larcombe raised a large family on a sheep farm at Reedy Marsh, seven miles from the small town of Deloraine in northern Tasmania. The pair married in the tiny Anglican church at nearby Exton just before WWI. For some reason
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Hello from Editor Des Oh dear, I had to put on my little rain hat and gumboots for the Rhodo Festival…and it was their big Diamond Jubilee one too, just like the Queen of England is celebrating. I seem to remember it has rained on most
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It’s amazing how many people feel an emotional connection to the terrible events of September 11, even though they were not personally involved. I am no exception, as the following story shows. In mid January, 2001 my husband Rob and I flew to New York (one of
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In light of my recent blog about my work-in-progress, A Butterfly On His Shoulder, the timing of a media report from Tasmania (October 22) is truly bizarre. It seems the morgue, part of the historic Willow Court complex at the New Norfolk asylum where Arthur spent most
Read more →A WORK IN PROGRESS – GHOSTS OF GALLIPOLI A fellow author invited me to share some information about my current work-in-progress in an author ‘interview’ called The Next Big Thing! You may expect me to talk about The Water Doctor’s Daughters, or All Along the River; Tales
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” Hello from Editor Des. Well I’ve been allowed to introduce this little blog, even though I still struggle to read, which is a bit of problem for an assistant editor. BUT, I can recite the alphabet backwards, so that’s something!” Over to you Pauline…”. Thank
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