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‘Little Deaths’ by Emma Flint – Book Review & Author Interview

Posted on May 4, 2018April 10, 2019by makingherehome
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Our Expat Book Club book for April was ‘Little Deaths‘ by Emma Flint. I am the first to admit that thrillers are not my usual genre of choice, and I also tend to steer clear of books where children are victims of crimes. And yet this novel, which follows the story of a mother whose […]

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Expat Author: Cath Brew, ‘Living Elsewhere’

Posted on April 10, 2018April 10, 2019by makingherehome
Cath Brew Living Elsewhere

I connected with artist Cath Brew in the forum I Am A Triangle (which is like an online ‘home’ for expats). Cath the woman behind ‘Drawn To A Story’ and has just published her book ‘Living Elsewhere‘ – a series of cartoons that beautifully depict those expat moments when you don’t know whether to laugh […]

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Expat Author: Saaskia Aark-Bennett

Posted on March 8, 2018April 10, 2019by makingherehome
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I met Saaskia through the Expat Book Club and was intrigued to hear that not only had she published ten books (in both french and English) but she also has her own You Tube channel with poems, interviews…and fabulous make up tips for over seventies! A truly international woman, this seemed like the perfect interview for […]

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A Monday Minute: Spring Reading…

Posted on March 5, 2018April 10, 2019by makingherehome
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Because, let’s face it, I’d far rather do some reading than Spring Cleaning. Anyone else?! Since starting The Expat Book Club I have been reading more than ever – that coupled with the recent freezing weather which made curling up with a book preferable to doing anything else. But this morning it felt spring-like for […]

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Expat Author: Stephanie Suga Chen ‘Travails of a Trailing Spouse’

Posted on February 15, 2018April 10, 2019by makingherehome
Travails of a trailing spouse

One of the lovely and unexpected things that has happened since I set up The Expat Book Club is that I have made connections with lots of other expat women – all of them are readers, but some of them are authors too. So I thought I would do a series of ‘Expat Author’ interviews to highlight […]

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Brilliant Books for Kids…Recommended by Kids

Posted on December 9, 2017April 10, 2019by makingherehome
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There is a social media post that does the rounds at this time of year. It’s about simplifying Christmas (which I am ALL for) and giving children four things. Something they want, something they need, something to wear…and something to read. It’s the something to read that does it for me. As a recipient (I […]

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A Book Lover’s Gift List

Posted on December 1, 2017April 10, 2019by makingherehome

I think, at heart, I am Icelandic. Because in Iceland, on Christmas Eve, books are exchanged and everyone snuggles up to read and eat chocolates. Sounds like bliss, right? There is no gift that makes me happier than a book. To give books, to receive books. And shopping for books is pure pleasure; a book […]

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The Expat Book Club: Encouraging Boys to Read

Posted on November 16, 2017April 10, 2019by makingherehome
Boy reading - encouraging boys to read

Why an article on encouraging boys to read? Let’s start by stating the obvious: all children are different. And not only are all children different, the age at which reading ‘clicks’ can vary massively from child to child. We all want our children to enjoy reading, but what do you do if you have a […]

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The Expat Book Club’s Top 10 Favourite Books

Posted on October 10, 2017April 10, 2019by makingherehome
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What’s your favourite book? For me that’s an impossible question to answer. But it’s the first one that I posed to the members of The Expat Book Club. The response was fascinating. Not only were the choices of books so incredibly varied – spanning centuries, continents and all genres – but everyone was so passionate […]

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Funny Books by Female Authors

Posted on September 1, 2017April 10, 2019by makingherehome
Funny books

On a recent – and very quick – trip to the UK I managed to get to a bookshop ten minutes before it closed. Ah, the bliss of being in a shop full of books, in a language I can read. But the pressure of all the books, of choosing wisely, of only argh! 9 […]

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