The Story of a Christmas Tree

We have two Christmas trees in our house. One is a lovely 7ft artificial tree that we spent rather a lot of money on over ten years ago. It stands in our dining room, and it is my ‘posh’ tree; it is decorated exclusively in red and gold baubles, with red ‘cranberry’ style lights, andContinue reading “The Story of a Christmas Tree”

10 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Story for Advent

Absolutely FREE and very easy to use – no shopping required. Fun and original stories that keep the suspense going all the way through Advent. Can be cut to fit into any size of re-usable Advent Calendar. Recyclable, no plastic waste. Healthier than chocolate or sweets. Something new and different every day. A real treatContinue reading “10 Reasons Why You Should Choose a Story for Advent”

My Earliest Reading Memories

In my newspaper of choice, the literary review section includes a Q&A Interview with famous authors, asking about their favourite/worst/most moving/most influential books. It includes a question about the author’s earliest reading memories. Reading the interview this weekend made me wonder about my earliest reading memories, and I realised that I had a few thatContinue reading “My Earliest Reading Memories”