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Diana Jackson

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  • Diana’s August Book Review ~ The Eights by Joanna Miller

    Here’s another book I picked up by chance at Waterstones, Kirkcaldy. I ought to buy shares in the company! Why did I choose this book? I love historical fiction and the period caught my eye too; the twenties, after the end of WW1, when Oxford University first admitted female students. My attention was captured! A…

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  • ‘The Italian Chapel’ by Philip Paris ~ Diana’s July book review

    This book caught my eye in Waterstones because I’ve visited The Orkneys and the beautiful Italian Chapel, lovingly created by Italian prisoners of war in WW2. It was an act of true devotion. This book was well researched, filling in many details of the life of the men on the tiny island of Lamb Holm,…

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  • It’s Not Where You Start by Scott Kyle ~ Diana Jackson’s June Review

    I was fortunate to go to Kirkcaldy Waterstones to meet Scott Kyle, who entertained us withamazing animations of the early part of his life, video clips of films, TV shows and even an adverthe’s been up in the Highlands.He was a born entertainer, but the friend who took me is a social worker and encouraged…

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  • Search for the Pearl Inside Yourself ~ A Mirror, Compass or Anchor?

    I keep receiving unsolicited emails which, on the one hand make me feel warm inside, due to such positive comments about this book, on the other hand I am so suspicious that I did a google search and can find no website or link to the lady in question, and so I have not replied.…

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  • Diana’s April Book Review ~ The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

    I picked up The Life Impossible by Matt Haig from the table in Waterstones; a quick way of choosing a ‘buy one get one half price’ book, but they are usually great reads. I have often read many of these books on offer. That’s not to say I don’t browse the shelves too, but I…

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  • Glasgow Book Club

    A recent very convincing email arrived in my inbox: Julia writes “Hello Diana Jackson, At The Glasgow Book Club, we often find ourselves talking about stories that linger long after the last page, the ones that mix emotion, history, and the unexpected in ways that keep readers thinking. Missing, Past and Present became part of…

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  • Genuine Emails or More Phishing with AI?

    I have had many emails recently about several of my books. Here are two examples which write such flattering things about my first novel Riduna: viewbook.at/Riduna John writes: “I came across your book Riduna on Amazon, and I was captivated by how vividly you bring Alderney to life as both a setting and a character. Harriet and…

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  • Diana’s March Book Review ~ Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

    It actually took me three times to read Cloud Cuckoo Land (having loved books by Anthony Doerr) The first time I read a few chapters and couldn’t cope with changes of century each chapter, including a futuristic theme. I left it for a few months, not wanting to give up on it, and then read…

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