Tag: reading
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Not lost, but abandoned
It was 1986 when Nottinghamshire social worker, Margaret Humphreys, was first contacted by a former child migrant in Australia. She was asked if she could help track down his family in the UK. That was just the start of a long journey for Margaret, and for the many individuals and families she has helped since…
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The Queen of Crime!
On the 15th September 1890 Agatha Christie was born. She started writing novels in her early twenties and a hundred years later her books are still being read by millions! Among those readers is Janie Juke, young librarian and amateur sleuth, whose hero is Hercule Poirot. Janie has made a name for herself in the…
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Goodbye and thank you
Two weeks ago, I woke to the sad news that one of my favourite authors had died. She had dealt with her illness privately and with courage, which meant that many of her readers may have been as shocked as me at the news. Helen Dunmore was just 64 when she died. Much too young.…
Isabella Muir 