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Ancasta

  • Ancasta, a review of the novel by Diana Jackson

    The Friends of Weston Shore, Southampton have written this review of Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home. I’ll be down at West Quay Waterstones Southampton this Saturday 12th between 11am and 1 pm. Please come and say hello and many thanks for this wonderful review!

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  • Author Spotlight no.335 – historical novelist Diana Jackson

    Many thanks to Morgen Bailey for this on line interview! Hope to see some of you on Thursday 3rd in Waterstones Hitchin, Saturday 5th at the Luton Book Festival or on 12th back down in Southampton Waterstones West Quay!

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  • Interview with guest author Diana Jackson

    To mark the week up to a series of live events, the first of which being at Waterstones in Hitchin on Thursday 3rd October where I’ll be giving a talk, take part in a discussion and be available to sign copies of Ancasta (details in my last blog post) here is a post where I…

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  • Diana Jackson’s Centenary Tour ~ October Events!

    I’m excited to announce that my events to celebrate three centenaries continue this October. RNAS Calshot March 1913 The First Schneider Trophy Contest April 1913 The birth of Supermarine in Woolston Southampton October 1913 I will be talking about my novels and my unusual interest in Supermarine and early flight, especially, flying boats and the role of…

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  • Two contrasting heroines ~ Harriet and Sarah

    Last week I received a lovely review from a reader of Ancasta via Facebook: “Yes I really loved it, I read the start and then took a break and read the bulk of the book quickly, but I need to reread the start I think. I thought it was great, so many characters so complex,…

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  • Thinking and Marketing a Novel outside the Box

    During this year I’ve been trying to think of some more unusual ways to reach new audiences for my writing, both on line and in reality. I enjoy meeting and talking to people. It may not be something you like doing, but for me it’s a great way to boost my confidence as well as…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent and Beyond ~No 15~ India ~ The last Post

    This is my last post in my virtual journey to the various locations in Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home and it’s a place I never expected to go to when I planned the novel. Although I made an outline before I began to write, for me it’s always the research, as well as intuition and…

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  • Virtual Tour of the Solent and Beyond ~No 14~WW1 in the Med and Port Said

    If this is the first of my virtual tour posts that you’ve stumbles upon, since Christmas I’ve been on a journey around the Solent from Fort Gilkicker, along Southampton Water, back out to Calshot, over to The Channel Islands and France and today we travel in our mind’s eye to Turkey and the Mediterranean. This…

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