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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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