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Meet Eva Ibbotson

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Anne here. This interview with Eva Ibbotson is a little different from most of the guest interviews we do here on Word Wenches. Eva is a Living Treasure and has just passed her 84th birthday. As you will see, however, Eva Ibbotson and...

Posted by on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 05:08 AM in Anne Gracie, Guests | | Comments (37) | TrackBack (0)

Comment by Eva S on “Body Art!”

Great post! I don't have any tattoos, perhaps because of the pain but I could think of a small dr...
Eva S

Posted by: Eva S | Friday, July 03, 2009 at 01:52 AM

An Amazon Adventure

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A Return to the River Sea By Mary Jo The Mayhem Consultant likes a good warm weather winter getaway, so when I studied some possibilities, I saw that Viking was doing cruises between Manaus, Brazil and San Juan, Puerto Rico. (The pic...

Posted by on Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 08:06 PM in History, Mary Jo Putney, Travel | | Comments (8)

What We Are Reading—The September Edition!

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Andrea here, putting together our monthly feature on What We Are Reading. As usual, there's a wonderful range of intriguing books—so sharpen your pencil and start making a list! And be sure to tell us what YOU have been reading! Anne: ...

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Posted by on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 10:00 PM in What we're Reading | | Comments (34)

Bringing old books back to life

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Anne here, pondering the changes e-books have brought to my reading and buying habits. I've always been a voracious reader and re-reader, and a big buyer of books. I do love libraries, and use my local ones often, but when I love a book,...

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Posted by on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 01:42 AM in Anne Gracie | | Comments (46)

Comment by Janet Casiano on “Meet Sulari Gentill”

So glad to have discovered you, Sulari! So anxious to try to see you in NYC. I left another com...
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Posted by: Janet Casiano | Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 07:23 AM

Comment by Janet Murdoch on “What We're Reading: July ”

My favourite of the books I read this week is an old one by Eva Ibbotson called Journey to the Ri...
Janet Murdoch

Posted by: Janet Murdoch | Friday, July 30, 2021 at 01:54 PM

Comment by Mary Jo Putney on “In Praise of Librarians”

Wonderful, Anne! I'm glad you linked to Eva Ibbotson's piece about her experience of libraries a...
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Posted by: Mary Jo Putney | Friday, May 19, 2023 at 07:44 AM

Comment by Kareni on “In Praise of Librarians”

What a lovely tribute to librarians, Anne! And I very much enjoyed rereading the Eva Ibbotson pie...
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Posted by: Kareni | Friday, May 19, 2023 at 10:03 AM

Comment by Eva on “Writing with maps”

Loretta, I'm not map-mad. I leave that to my husband. We've lived in a few different countries no...
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Posted by: Eva | Monday, May 29, 2006 at 10:14 AM

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