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The Right Word with Roz
Category Archives: Nonfiction
Calling authors with new books
Launching your new book is a huge challenge at the best of times, never mind now. If you’re an author who’s just had or are about to have a book published, I’d like to invite you to consider an interview … Continue reading
Posted in Author interviews, Children's Books, crime fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Nonfiction, Romantic fiction, Writing tips
Tagged author, Author interviews, books, Fiction, novel, Roz Kay, writing
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From war to poetry: Patrick Howse
Guest post from Patrick Howse Patrick Howse began writing the poems in his collection, Shadow Cast By Mountains, while covering the Iraq War for the BBC. War plays a central part in the book, but he is reluctant to describe himself … Continue reading
Posted in Nonfiction, Poet interviews
Tagged Baghdad, BBC, Hayloft Publishing, Iraq War, John Simpson, military, Patrick Howse, Poetry, Poetry readings, Schlinge, Shadow Cast by Mountains, writing
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Walking down a different aisle: Lisa Francesca
By Roz Kay When you pick up Lisa Francesca’s little powder-blue book, The Wedding Officiant’s Guide, How to Write & Conduct a Perfect Ceremony, it seems obvious what it is. And while it is indeed a handbook for those of … Continue reading
Posted in Author interviews, Nonfiction
Tagged author, Chronicle Books, interfaith, interview, Lisa Francesca, marriage, minister, officiant, Roz DeKett, Roz Kay, The Right Word, wedding
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A journey into determination: Vincent Hunt
By Roz Kay “That was a tough morning.” Vincent Hunt’s new book, Fire and Ice: the Nazis’ scorched earth campaign in Norway, poignantly and with dignity captures the pain still threading like barbed wire through the communities that survived the … Continue reading
Posted in Author interviews, History, Nonfiction
Tagged author, BBC, Cold War, Finnmark, Fire and Ice, German, history, Honningsvag, interview, Kirkenes, Lyngen Line, Manchester, military, Nazi, Norway, Norwegian, Nuremberg trials, occupation, Oslo, Roz DeKett, Roz Kay, scorched earth, Second World War, Soviet, The History Press, The Right Word, Tromso, Vincent Hunt, WW2
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