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Category Archives: Dorset Magazine
All in a Morning’s Work
Dilly Court makes being a best-selling author look exceptionally easy. If only we could bottle her genius (or ‘voice’ – because that’s what it’s all about, she tells me).
Folde into Nature
Great to meet these two impressive businesswomen – not least for how much they back one another.
Twenty-Six Letters: October
This month is Black History Month – and here are six fantastic books, all touching on very different subjects. You can get 30% off three of them, direct from Hurst Publishers.
Spinning Around
Once again, a commission I absolutely loved. Not least because I’m going to join and they’re going to teach me to knit!
Twenty-Six Letters: September
Great to have Tracy Chevalier guest edit my book column this month – with some fascinating choices.
Tracy’s Time
What does Tracy Chevalier like to drink when she gets mad? It was so much fun doing this interview, and finding out the answer.
The Wild Walking Book Club
I discovered it was quite hard to walk, do interviews and take photos – but loved the experience anyway.
Twenty-six Letters: August 2024
I read some great books for August. All of which I’d highly recommend.
A Taste of Syria in Sherborne
With all the negative press surrounding refugees and immigrants, it was lovely to write about a family who left their beloved homeland because there was no other choice – and how brilliantly they’re working to forge a new life for themselves…
Jess Morency 