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Dear Amy makes list of Airtours Top books to read on holiday 2017

Helen Callaghan — Sat, 06 May 2017 13:49:33 +0000

I’m delighted to announce that Dear Amy has been selected as one of Airtours top books to read on holiday for 2017! I’m in good company, the list including such luminaries as Kit de Waal

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Tidings from London

Helen Callaghan — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:15:00 +0000

So, rather wonderfully, Michael Joseph are publishing Dear Amy in Spring 2016. Michael Joseph are an imprint of Penguin Books I must say that I met a load of cool people during the auction, but I was blown

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The Chronophage – the Eater of Time

Helen Callaghan — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 11:30:00 +0000

One of the Cambridge landmarks that features in the latest book is the Corpus Clock. The clock is this large, imposing creation set into the corner of Corpus Christi College where Trumpington Street and Bene’t Street meet.

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Visiting Felbrigg Hall

Helen Callaghan — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:00:00 +0000

One of the things that I did this year, while writing Dear Amy, was get out to visit some country houses. One of these was Felbrigg Hall. At the centre of the book is a

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That First Draft Feeling…

Helen Callaghan — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:00:00 +0000

The first draft of the new Dear Amy went off to my agent yesterday. I am having a little breather to try and catch up with books, computer games, and TV box sets. Believe it or not,

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LonCon 3 – Reaping the Whirlwind

Helen Callaghan — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Back from LonCon 3, which I only attended on Sunday. That said, I have still managed to pick up some kind of bug! Absolutely packed day, but looking back I didn’t do that much, compared

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Location Scouting – Blakeney

Helen Callaghan — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:00:46 +0000

Another fantastic day – I drove out to Blakeney, looking for locations for Martin and his house. It was idyllic and strange and faintly off-kilter – in short, exactly what I was looking for. I

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Writing in the Cambridge University Library

Helen Callaghan — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:46:00 +0000

Had a wonderful day writing in the university library, with a whole room-with-a-view in the North Front to myself because there was only one desk there, complete with plug. I must have been inured

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