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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Dec 7, 2023
- 2 min
Feel-good Women's Fiction by Faith Hogan
What Happened to Us? by Faith Hogan is an enjoyable read with a feel-good ending
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Nov 13, 2023
- 2 min
Bury Drop-in at the Christmas Lights switch on
I’m looking forward to the Christmas Light switch-on in Bury St Edmunds this Thursday 16th November. Normally this is far too early for...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Nov 4, 2023
- 2 min
What I am writing today
I am so grateful for the gift of creative writing. It is such a joy to create characters and storylines that will delight readers. I am...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Nov 2, 2023
- 1 min
All Good Things
All Good Things by Amanda Prowse is a brilliant portrayal of a dysfunctional family
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Apr 26, 2023
- 3 min
What's in your Book Stack of hobbies?
My good indie author friend Julia Blake posts Book Stacks once a week and this time it was telling the story of her hobbies. She...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Apr 20, 2023
- 1 min
Humorous Fiction to keep you smiling
A Dry Spell by Clare Chambers My third novel from this author and happy to read more. To begin with I wasn't sure what the novel was...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Mar 28, 2023
- 2 min
Do you have a favourite street in town?
I certainly have a couple of favourites in Bury St Edmunds and St. John’s Street is vying for first position. This street is a rare...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1 min
Meet Local Bury St Ed Authors at the Makers Market!
Sunday April 2nd 10am – 4pm Head upstairs at The Market Cross (was the old Art Gallery) for the chance to meet six local authors who will...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Mar 6, 2023
- 3 min
Why on earth did I write a quirky novel about intensive farming?
All my published novels to date fit the genres ‘Romance’ and ‘Women’s fiction,’ perhaps ‘Romantic Comedy.’ So writing about a dairy farm...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Feb 14, 2023
- 2 min
Snowball, Delilah and the hens of Capel Farm
On Capel Dairy Farm they have egg-laying hens and Wanda is very fond of them. This is the fictitious farm that features in my novel: The...
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Gill Buchanan
- Jan 19, 2023
- 2 min
A lesson in Milking Cows
Research for my novel started with a visit to Fen Farm Dairy in Suffolk at milking time.
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Gill Buchanan
- Jan 16, 2023
- 1 min
The Artist, the Farmer and the Ancient Oak
Wanda is happiest when she is creating art, hidden in her makeshift studio away from disparaging eyes. She’s very fond of the dairy cows...
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Gill Buchanan
- Nov 21, 2022
- 1 min
Monday Morning - here we go again
Monday Morning feelings, expectations, optimism for the week ahead. Highlights of the last week.
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Gill Buchanan
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Women: Flying the flag for the Organic Movement
Countryfile did a feature on how women have largely been the pioneers behind organic farming. This caught my attention because in my...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Jun 16, 2022
- 2 min
Summertime in town feels good
This time last year we were moving house. The reading on the stress-o-meter was off the scale. From village to town, from large house to...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min
What does International Women's Day mean to you?
The UN theme for this 8th March 2022 is Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow However, the International Women's Day website...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Feb 21, 2022
- 1 min
Writers and Blogging are a perfect pairing
Blogging comes naturally to writers so as an author it comes easily. My research for Wanda's Tree makes for interesting blogs
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Gill Buchanan
- Feb 16, 2022
- 2 min
Ways to reduce stress that REALLY work
I read in The Times at the weekend about scientifically proven ways to reduce stress. Let’s face it, we all get stressed – even those of...
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Gill Buchanan, Author
- Feb 14, 2022
- 2 min
The Secret to Successful Marriage
Two bathrooms! I've decided that Valentine's Day is a good day to announce that my new bathroom (making us a two bathroom household) is...
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