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Tuesday the 12th of March 2013

Blue Dust: Forbidden being read in a tree in Australia

Great to see Blue Dust: Forbidden has made it all the way to Australia! Thanks for sending this to me, Chris.

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Friday the 1st of March 2013

Rednock School Visit

Had the most excellent time with the Reading Group at Rednock School today. An awesome group of readers and aspiring writers. Thanks guys, you were great!

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

Blue Dust: Forbidden on an Australian beach!

Brisbane, Australia.

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

Blue Dust : Forbidden being read in Pretoria South Africa

Down south, on the tip of Africa, Gabi reads her copy.

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

Publishing demise by 10 percent per year

Since writing my article on Google Trends' shocking statistic that apparent interest in books has dropped by a whopping 40% in eight years, we have done a little more research into this and found that there's a slightly more worrying...

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Sunday the 24th of February 2013

Google users' interest in books drops 40 percent since 2005!

According to Google Trends (http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=books), search traffic for the word "books" has decreased by over 40% since this time eight years ago.

Let me take you back to eight years ago...

The year is 2005. I was still at University (yes,...

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Friday the 22nd of February 2013

Booktrust campaign to get dads reading

Only one in eight fathers take the lead in reading to their children, according to a new report commissioned by reading charity Booktrust.
Bestselling author James Patterson is backing the charity's campaign to get more men involved with reading to their...

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Friday the 22nd of February 2013

Rich Pitman Interview

Author Interview Questions

About You

What is your inspiration?

I read so many books where they are about the hero and they get into a struggle but always seem to win. But what about the villain? Who are they? What happened to...

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