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THE COMANCHE FROM BERLIN: JULIA ROBB’S ‘DANCES WITH WOLVES’

Posted on December 20, 2015 by [email protected]

We all remember Kevin Costner’s best movie, Dances with Wolves, in which Mary McDonnell played a white woman who had been captured and raised by the Sioux. This wasn’t the product of a Hollywood scriptwriters’ imagination. It was a fate … Continue reading →

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READ RAGE

Posted on October 30, 2015 by [email protected]
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BATAVIA: THE CRUISE OF A LIFETIME

Posted on September 7, 2015 by [email protected]

SAIL THE BATAVIA! 220 DAYS AND 219 NIGHTS CRUISING TO THE SPICE ISLANDS! HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE MUTINY, RAPE, 80.06% CHANCE OF BEING MURDERED OR DROWNED AND GLORIOUS SUNSETS! They didn’t have travel agents in the seventeenth century but if they had, … Continue reading →

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DISAPPEARED: THE MOST TERRIBLE SECRET IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 7, 2015 by [email protected]

What would you do if you discovered that your mother and father were not your real parents after all … that the two people who raised you knew the truth and hid it from you … that you were one … Continue reading →

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FAILURE, SUCCESS AND THE WRITING LIFE

Posted on May 21, 2015 by [email protected]

I found some great quotes about writing recently on a great little blog called Bang2Write. Here are some of them - and my own thoughts on how they apply to the writing life. ON STARTING OUT “You don’t start out … Continue reading →

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The Irrawaddy Literary Festival - a Miracle in Mandalay

Posted on April 14, 2015 by [email protected]

A few weeks ago I had the great fortune to be invited to the Irrawaddy Literary Festival in Mandalay. Let’s be clear: this is Burma so the Festival is a highly political event. Its patron is Aung San Suu Kyi, … Continue reading →

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THE 23 MOST BEAUTIFUL LINES IN LITERATURE

Posted on January 27, 2015 by [email protected]

Let’s start off this blog about the 23 most beautiful lines in literature by saying these are not the 23 most beautiful lines in literature. They are just some of them. I’m sure you can think of others; Feel free … Continue reading →

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I WAS GOING TO WRITE A LONG POST ON NOT BEING LAZY BUT I CAN’T BE BOTHERED

Posted on January 13, 2015 by [email protected]

Last night at dinner my sister in law accused my brother of being lazy. ‘I am not lazy,’ he said. ‘I AM NOT LAZY! … I just can’t be bothered.’ I hope that clears up any confusion. Oh bro, you’re … Continue reading →

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IT’S TIME TO FORGET ABOUT GOD

Posted on December 30, 2014 by [email protected]
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Doh! Did I just do that?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by [email protected]

Doh! So if your inbox was inundated with Colin Falconer blog posts on Monday, I apologize. My bad. I was housekeeping the blog, editing a few old posts and I pressed the publish instead of the update button. How did … Continue reading →

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