#WritersCoffeeClub 8/9. Did you like to read as a child? Which books?
Avid reader from a very early age, but there’s no clearer memory than being given a copy of Swallows and Amazons to stop me dying of boredom at a wedding wen I was about nine. Imagination, adventure, and a vivid female lead; a setting that was both familiar and exotic; and as I saw later, writing that was crisp and clear.
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First published in the 1930s, this children's book by Arthur Ransome tells of the adventures of John, Susan, Titty and Roger, camping on an island and sailing the Swallow. They meet Nancy and Peggy, two local girls with their own boat, the Amazon.
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Ahoy there! Welcome to the Swallows and Amazons Quote Bot. Enjoy a quote selected at random from a list every six hours.
First published in the 1930s, this children's book by Arthur Ransome tells of the adventures of John, Susan, Titty and Roger, camping on an island and sailing the Swallow. They meet Nancy and Peggy, two local girls with their own boat, the Amazon.
#SwallowsAndAmazons #ArthurRansome #ChildrensLiterature #KidsLit #LakeDistrict #UK #England #Sailing #Camping
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#WritingWonders 12/6. MC POV (not): How do you feel about marriage?
A personal story. When I was about 9 I was taken along to a wedding. To stop me dying of boredom during the speeches and dancing my Mum handed me a copy of #SwallowsandAmazons. I don’t remember a single other thing about that wedding but it’s still one of the best I’ve ever attended. #reading #books
And #arthurransome would later give me quite a lot of material in my own nonfiction writing.
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from a more innocent century; I still dip into the #jerrycornelius novels in the same way as I can still enjoy #swallowsandamazons . Amoral Picaresque and delighting in play.
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Well, I can see I'll have to tell you ... 😆 !
It's 'Secret Water' by Arthur Ransome, the eighth book in the Swallows and Amazons series
It's full of Mastodons
I only know because we gave a set of the books to our grandson for Christmas and I started to read this one (!) because I'd never heard of it
It follows on from 'We Didn't Mean to go to Sea', which is one of my favourites in the series
(I'm now reading the rest of this book on Kindle)
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You can hop into any one chapter of a #SwallowsAndAmazons book … which would you choose and why?
Or one of Ransome's other books.
The King and I https://sophieneville.net/2022/09/10/the-queen-and-members-of-the-royal-family-who-love-swallows-and-amazons/
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Swallow the dinghy that starred in the original film 'Swallows and Amazons'
https://sophieneville.net/2022/11/23/swallow-the-dinghy-that-starred-in-swallows-and-amazons-1974/
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Christmas presents for anyone off to the Lake District-
#SwallowsandAmazons #gifts #maps #mug #lakedistrict #Cumbria #Christmaspresents #Giftsforhim #Useful #presents
https://sophieneville.net/2020/06/15/collectors-swallows-amazons-mugs-available/
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An extract from 'The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)'
https://sophieneville.net/2012/09/24/the-swallows-in-egham-a-pick-up-day-filming-swallows-and-amazons-in-1973/
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Bunloaf, made today.
A neither cake/nor loaf, but super-high calorie fruit stodge thing, often referred to in #arthurransome's works such as #swallowsandamazons . And it's lovely.
...Though about 3000 kcal per bread tin. :)
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ideas for useful Christmas presents for anyone who loves Swallows and Amazons
#gifts #SwallowsandAmazons #sailing #sailors #Giftsforhim
https://sophieneville.net/2021/11/27/swallows-and-amazons-themed-gifts-for-christmas/
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Ideas for useful Christmas presents
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https://sophieneville.net/2021/11/27/swallows-and-amazons-themed-gifts-for-christmas/
Ideas for useful Christmas presents
#swallowsandamazons #sailing #gifts #giftsforhim #Christmaspresents
https://sophieneville.net/2021/11/27/swallows-and-amazons-themed-gifts-for-christmas/
#christmaspresents #giftsforhim #gifts #sailing #swallowsandamazons