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Joanne Harris: The Silken People

October 14, 2013 | fairy tales, News, On Publishing | Comments Off

Snurched from The Guardian

The lovely Joanne Harris talks about The Pied Piper, how horror lurks in the shadows of fairy stories, and the language of the subconscious.

ONCE THERE WAS a little girl,
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Sunday afternoon

December 13, 2009 | Random | 2 Comments

Today I have been less than productive … indeed if there was a minus scale of lack of productivity, I would appear on it. I would get a gold star and a koala stamp for laziness.

It’s been disgustingly hot here in Brisneyland, so a lot of the day has been spent on the back deck watching the greenies (those are
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