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		<title>Leave of Absence by Tanya J. Peterson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This review is part of the blog tour for Tanya J. Peterson&#8217;s new novel Leave of Absence, published in April this year by Inkwater Press. When Leave of Absence was offered to me by Inkwater Press,  it immediately appealed to me because of the subject matter. Author Tanya J. Peterson is a qualified counsellor and chose [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2313&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/06/05/the-yonahlossee-riding-camp-for-girls-by-anton-disclafani/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1930s America. 15 year old Thea Atwell is &#8216;sent away&#8217; from her home in Florida to The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, hidden in the North Carolina mountains. Her father drives her, though it is a long journey, as &#8216;[her] parents did not trust [her] enough to let [her] ride the train alone.&#8217; We soon [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=1989&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Story Of Trix Kipling Still Fascinates Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post written by the author Mary Hamer. Mary is a university professor and the author of several academic texts. Her first novel, Kipling &#38; Trix, was published in October 2012 by Aurora Metro and tells the story of the life of Rudyard Kipling&#8217;s sister Trix. Here she writes about why Trix&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2296&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Went to Scotland With A Boy Named Dan</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/05/30/in-which-i-went-to-scotland-with-a-boy-named-dan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 17:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready for a non-book-related post&#8230; I had a truly amazing time in Scotland, despite our car hitting a huge rock in the road on the first day (it couldn&#8217;t be avoided as a massive truck was coming towards us on a single lane road, so it was a choice between hitting the rock and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2279&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Holiday Catch Up</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/05/30/post-holiday-catch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 14:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all I just got back last night from a week in Scotland with my boyfriend and so I am a little behind on all the events and news du jour in the book world thanks to intermittent WiFi and hours spent driving around the highlands (both of which were actually awesome). I&#8217;ve been glued [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2268&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Image from windmill-books.co.uk</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">I took this photo while waiting for a train in Glasgow. Thought you&#039;d like to know.</media:title>
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		<title>Laura Lamont&#8217;s Life In Pictures by Emma Straub</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/05/13/laura-lamonts-life-in-pictures-by-emma-straub/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What attracts people to fame? Narcissism? Feelings of inadequacy? A need to be loved? For Laura Lamont, it&#8217;s all these things; but it wasn&#8217;t always. Laura Lamont the movie star begins life as Elsa Emerson, a young girl growing up in Door County, Wisconsin, in the 1920s and 30s. Her parents run a theatre in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2258&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Are The Main Differences Between Magazine and Book Publishing?</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/05/09/what-are-the-main-differences-between-magazine-and-book-publishing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from How2Become, one of the UK&#8217;s leading careers information and development websites. They help teach people how to write CVs, fill in job applications and do well in interviews, and aim to help prepare people for any form of career selection process. I&#8217;m currently on the jobhunt and find services [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2252&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Midnight in St. Petersburg by Vanora Bennett</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/04/30/midnight-in-st-petersburg-by-vanora-bennett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At university I signed up for a course called Demonic Literature, and started doing some of the reading in the summer holidays. When term began, we were told the course had been cancelled &#8211; cue mass anger from English Lit students (i.e. ineffectual grumbling). I had already read and annotated over half of Dostoyevsky&#8217;s Demons for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2233&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Desmond Elliott Prize for Debut Fiction 2013</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/04/29/the-desmond-elliott-prize-for-debut-fiction-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first year that I&#8217;ve followed the Desmond Elliott Prize for debut fiction, and I&#8217;m excited about it already. The longlist of ten debut novels (all have to be written in English and published in the UK) was announced on 25th April, and the shortlist will be announced on 23rd May. The winner [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2216&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Women&#8217;s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced!</title>
		<link>http://theselittlewords.com/2013/04/16/2013-womens-prize-for-fiction-shortlist-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lizzi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So here it is! The shortlist for the Women&#8217;s Prize for Fiction 2013. I had no idea how many would be chosen when I made my predictions, and luckily all those on the shortlist are ones I predicted would be! But like I said, I chose a very wide range of possible titles. Still quite [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theselittlewords.com&#038;blog=27909370&#038;post=2207&#038;subd=littlewordsreview&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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