CAROLINE DEACON
Writer, reader, creative writing tutor
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Interesting #clouds over #montblanc this morning
Very excited about this #sundayreading as I was critiquing this from inception and it’s always been a brilliant idea. So far it’s living up to all expectations #sundayreads #amreading #childrensbooksmatter
#throwbackthursday to this day 2014 and a blue chicken on the #fourthplinth in #trafalgarsquare #trafalgarsquarelondon #travelphotography
#throwbackthursday to this time 2016 visiting Dorset and the village of #tyneham which was requisitioned by Ministry of Defence in 1943 but never given back to the villagers. Now it's an interesting but very sad time capsule. #tynehamvillage #tynehamabandonedvillage #travelphotography #travel #travelogram
Very excited to be starting this #sundayreading - love Jane Harper and this has just been published. Only a few pages in but already she has me hooked #sundayread #sundayreads #bookstagram #booksworthreading #amreading #amreadingcrime
#throwbackthursday this time last year in the beautiful #northyorkmoors when I took walking for granted! We loved it so much we're going back this April and am hoping my leg will be fully repaired and ready to go again by then. #northyorkshire #travel #travelphotography
This #sundayreading …appropriately? called Saturday. It’s one day stream of consciousness - free indirect style third person close up. I usually like Ian McEwan and this novel does have his usual engaging style but there were pages where I ended skim reading - too much detail on brain operations and squash games and cooking fish stock(!!) though the latter I might conceivably use. #sundayreads #amreading
View down Comborciere #arc2000 #lesarcs #amskiing
Latest From My Blog
Best Books: my top twenty-five reads of 2023.
Welcome to my 2023 review of books. Thanks to a broken leg, I read one hundred and ten books this year, surpassing all my previous records, which makes choosing the best reads of the year even harder! Some of the trends which pleased me this year were: more choice of...
Surprise yourself. Extracts from June newsletter
Hello there. Sorry about the lack of newsletter in May. I simply ran out of time to write it - lots of boring and stressful things happening in my life. However I've taken a bit of time to re-think what I'm doing and to re-prioritise, and I do suggest you do the same...
The Top Ten Books from my Childhood (and what they say about reading – and writing)
Until I turned twelve we lived in the middle of the countryside, where there was no library, no bookshop, and there were no other children within a few miles. Between games of imagination, I read whatever books were to hand, over and over and over. Some of these were...