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  • Breathing lessons: an evening with Kate DiCamillo

    Breathing lessons: an evening  with Kate DiCamillo

    ‘He turned over and found Muriel.  She sighed in her sleep and lifted his hand and placed it upon her stomach.  The robe had fallen open; he felt smooth skin, and then a corrugated ridge of flesh jutting across her abdomen. The Caesarean, he thought.  And it seemed to him, as he sank into his […]

    Martin Galway

    December 10, 2017
    blog, children’s literature
  • Pick ‘n’ mix: other blogs and articles on reading and writing.

    Pick ‘n’ mix: other blogs and articles on reading and writing.

    My personal blog was looking a little (very) sparse, and I keep meaning to add to it.  Hopefully I will in the summer.  Busy times though, eh? . For the sake of avoiding the ‘one track record’ label, I’ve gathered some links to some of my other bits and bobs written across the past couple […]

    Martin Galway

    July 13, 2017
    blog, reading, teaching & learning, writing
  • Written from the heart: Kate DiCamillo’s Raymie Nightingale

    Rather than mark the end of book week with a book list, or some passing suggestions, I’d rather tell you about one very special book. Perfect is a big word, isn’t it?  Completed.  Everything in the right place.  I think it applies to Raymie Nightingale – the most satisfyingly ‘complete’ children’s book that I read […]

    Martin Galway

    March 4, 2017
    blog, children’s literature
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