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Unspoken Legacy Claudia Black Review

April 28, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Unspoken Legacy Claudia Black Review
BookBlast reviews Unspoken Legacy by Claudia Black, a pioneer in treating trauma, families, addiction and adult children of alcoholics & dysfunctional families. Human beings are violent creatures so exposure to traumatic events which leave an […]
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Extinction Rebellion Climate Activist Dom Goetz Podcast

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Extinction Rebellion is the focus of this BookBlast® Podcast Climate activist Dom Goetz gives a succinct fifteen-minute summary outlining what faces us all if emergency action is not taken NOW. Sign up at rebellion earth and […]
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Maggie Gee Novelist & Creative Writing Coach Podcast

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BookBlast® Podcast brings you Maggie Gee OBE FRSL, novelist and Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. She was born to working-class parents, and climbed into an uneasy place between classes. She won a […]
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Three Women Lucy Tertia George Review

April 13, 2019 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Three Women Lucy Tertia George Review
BookBlast reviews Three Women by Lucy Tertia George “Be the heroine of your life, not the victim,” Nora Ephron A strong woman is not defined by men, but is in full possession of herself and […]
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Chip Martin Starhaven Press Interview

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Chip Martin, tell us a bit about yourself. Are (were) your parents great readers?  My mother read novels considered important in America of her era. She wanted to be an actress, and one of my […]
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Lucy Tertia George Author Interview

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BookBlast interview with Lucy Tertia George, author of Three Women Lucy Tertia George, tell us a bit about your early years. What sorts of books were in your family home? My childhood home was packed […]

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