Books

Book review: The Book of You – Daily Micro-Actions For a Happier, Healthier You

Book recommendation and I haven’t even finished it – but already love it. The Book of You – Daily Micro-Actions For a Happier, Healthier You. By various contributors of various walks of life and professions. The book is broken down into four categories: Food, Mind, Move, and Love. It is a book designed to use daily to instigate change. By taking the sum of small micro-actions…
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Books

Memoir Writing: a literary journey into human resilience

By Francesca Lombardo – I was 25 years old when I asked myself questions such as “why can’t she see me?”, “why can’t she hear me?”, “who is she?”, “who was she really when she was a child just like me?”. The person I wanted to ask all these questions was my mother. A mystery to me as a child, as a teen and as young women that I longed…
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Exclusive! "Ulysses was also a woman" says Nadia Terranova, author of Farewell, Ghosts

ByFrancesca Lombardo. As last month I was nearing the ending of my memoir-novel writing I had the chance to attend a conference about female autobiographic writing at Insieme,a new literary Festival held at the Auditorium of Rome in October 2020, where two of the most interesting female writers of the Italian contemporary literary landscape, Nadia TerranovaandRossana…
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Book of the month: Goodbye Glossophobia - A guide to banish your fear of public speaking

Public speaking advisor Esther Stanhope advises her audience on effective communication and how to succeed in your job in her thought-provoking self-help book, Goodbye Glossophobia – A guide to banish your fear of public speaking. It is certain that everyone has had to speak in front of a group at some point in their life. Whether this is in front of ten or ten thousand people, it can be…
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Parenting Skills

7 ways to introduce education into your child’s bedroom

When it comes down to giving our children a loving and wholesome upbringing, one of the most important factors is their education. We want to provide our children with the opportunities we may never have had and in many cases, try to save them from the mistakes we made whilst growing up. Whether that means growing up in a situation with very few opportunities, not choosing to continue with further…
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Schooling

The Gift of Reading

Holiday fun with reading!   The Christmas holidays are the ideal time for family fun, great food, party games and outings. The learning needn’t stop at this time, but it should be kept fun and festive. Classic board games help improve word power, from Boggle to Scrabble to Articulate, and others such as Monopoly require numeracy (and cunning!). Puzzles, reading Christmas…
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Competitions

Win 1 of 2 sets of Christmas Classics Picture Books by Scholastic Book Clubs

  We have 2 sets of these fantastic collections of all-time seasonal Christmas Classics favourites to give-away thanks to Scholastic Book Clubs. Featuring best-loved characters such as Elmer and Alfie, they’re the perfect way to gently harness children’s excitement in the build-up to Christmas. This gorgeous pack is just a small selection from Scholastic’s Christmas Bookshop…
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Books

Book of the week: The Ultimate Insult Generator by Mike Barfield

  If you want your children to stop using swearwords make them read The Ultimate Insult Generator filled with over 60 Million Hilarious Zingers and Stingers published by Laurence King in August 2017.   The Ultimate Insult Generator is a zany new insult-generating flipbook by the hilarious comic writer and children’s author, Mike Barfield. My 11 year old son could not put it down for the…
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Books

Children's book tour turns into a London-wide competition backed by educational prizes offered by major London kids brands

A book tour has seen Francesca Lombardo, author of London-inspired book series Beatrice and the London Bus, present her books and run drawing workshops across 10 Southwark schools and three libraries. The tour turns into a real life experience with prizes offered to schools which won the drawing competition by major family brands (Coca – Cola, London Eye, The London Transport Museum,  KidZania…
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Events

Barnes Children's Literature Festival 14-15 May 2016

Good news for bookworms! The Barnes Children’s Literature Festival is back for the second year on 14th & 15th May 2016. If you love sharing stories with your little ones, this is an opportunity to have a great day out in beautiful Barnes and meet some top authors and illustrators, with talks, workshops and book signings taking place all weekend. With more than fifty events on offer there…
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