One of my favourite things to do before travelling is to read books set in the places I'm visiting. Sometimes memoirs, sometimes non-fiction, and sometimes historical fiction. The Wolf Hall Trilogy, by Hilary Mantel is the epic story of the meteoric rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's right hand man, and Lord Privy … Continue reading Travel Reading: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
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My Year of Reading
My year of writing has been accompanied by a year of reading. I have always been an avid reader. As a school student, I was able to walk to and from the train station each day without looking up from the page. I could read in the car, even on winding roads, and on boats, … Continue reading My Year of Reading

