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10th June 1944 – The Cornflower and the Poppy
The cornflower and the poppy are enduring symbols of remembrance for both France and Britain. On this day in 1944, the lives of these...
Angela Barton
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Secrets, Lies, Love and Goodbyes.
Growing up, we all fantasise about meeting our hero or heroine and living happily ever after. Falling in love is easy – isn’t it? Well,...
Angela Barton
May 11, 20203 min read
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VE Day 75
Covid 19 may have dampened the 75th VE Day celebrations by keeping us indoors, but we can honour those brave soldiers and the supportive...
Angela Barton
May 8, 20203 min read
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You've Got My Number
It's said that eavesdroppers seldom hear any good about themselves, and this prophecy proves to be true when Blake listens in on a...
Angela Barton
Apr 10, 20202 min read
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My Waterstones Author Event
(I'll never get used to omitting an apostrophe from Waterstones!) Last month a dream of mine was realised. I had an author event at...
Angela Barton
Oct 15, 20193 min read
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An Interview with Author Helen Matthews
Welcome to my blog, Helen and thanks for joining me for an interview. It’s great to meet other authors who set their fiction in France....
Angela Barton
Jun 13, 20195 min read
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The Truth Lies Buried by Morton S Gray
The Truth Lies Buried is available as an eBook, paperback and audiobook. Two children in a police waiting room, two distressed mothers, a...
Angela Barton
Jun 12, 20194 min read
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Oradour-sur-Glane 75 years on.
Today is 10th June and also the 75th anniversary of the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane. Oradour was a beautiful small town in south-west...
Angela Barton
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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Declarations of Love and a Valentine’s Giveaway
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and as romance in the air, so I’ve put together a few of my favourite declarations of love....
Angela Barton
Feb 11, 20194 min read
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It's publication day for Magnolia House!
Some years ago while I was walking from my hotel in Hammersmith to The London Book Fair, I passed a terrace of three-storey Edwardian...
Angela Barton
Jan 29, 20191 min read
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Spotlight on guest Morton S. Gray
Welcome Morton. It was so lovely to meet you in person at the RNA Conference in Leeds. Congratulations on winning Choc Lit Publishing's...
Angela Barton
Jul 23, 20186 min read
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10th June 1944
Not many of you will know what anniversary falls today – the 10th of June. I wonder how many of you have heard of Oradour-sur-Glane, in...
Angela Barton
Jun 10, 20183 min read
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The Story Arc
1. Exposition (Setting the scene.) This is the every day life in which the story is set. Introduce your main character/s. Where are they?...
Angela Barton
May 17, 20183 min read
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Keep Going.
Mathematics? It's a foreign language to me. Sudoku? Why put yourself through such misery? (Supposedly for fun). Memories of binary...
Angela Barton
May 14, 20185 min read
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Vianne Mauriac lives in the quiet village of Carriveau, in France. Vianne’s husband, Antoine, heads for the Front leaving her alone with...
Angela Barton
May 14, 20182 min read
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