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17 hours ago
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Are Book Readings worth doing?

Is it worth giving book readings? The short answer to this question is yes. It can be a good way to sell copies of one's book; that's one...

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Do you live in Malvern? Are you looking for something fun to do this Bank Holiday Sunday? UPDATE:

Amelia Marriette

Aug 13
2 min

Do you live in Malvern? Are you looking for something fun to do this Bank Holiday Sunday? UPDATE:

Well, look no further! Come along to my free to attend Book Reading/Signing for Walking into Alchemy. I will be visiting the UK for a few...

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What's it like to have a wild experience with a baby redstart?

Amelia Marriette

Jul 21
4 min

What's it like to have a wild experience with a baby redstart?

I had the most amazing experience today; I was innocently photographing our huge dill plant; it's beyond imagining how large it has...

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Amelia Marriette

Jul 10
2 min

How helpful are writer's prompts?

How helpful are writer's prompts? The short answer is VERY HELPFUL! If you are a seasoned writer or a novice, you often feel unable to...

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Walking into Alchemy the Audiobook is coming at last!

Amelia Marriette

Jun 20
2 min

Walking into Alchemy the Audiobook is coming at last!

My regular subscribers know about my book Walking into Alchemy, of course, and I am so grateful to have had your support during the past...

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Tupperware at the Battle of Agincourt Performed by Actor Manager Sir Liam Timamarrete

Amelia Marriette

May 24
3 min

Tupperware at the Battle of Agincourt Performed by Actor Manager Sir Liam Timamarrete

The famous Shakespearean Actor Manager Sir Liam Timamarrete came out of his nursing home for Knackered Actors especially to record this...

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Tupperware and Juliet - wherefore art thou Tupperware?

Amelia Marriette

May 22
2 min

Tupperware and Juliet - wherefore art thou Tupperware?

For my bit of silliness today, I am again challenging myself to write a short piece taking my inspiration from a website that generates...

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Tales with my foot up, what can you do when you have got Plantar fasciitis?

Amelia Marriette

May 21
4 min

Tales with my foot up, what can you do when you have got Plantar fasciitis?

Hello, hello, hello! What do we have 'ere then? Plantar fasciitis! Oh, dearie me. Also known as Policeman's heel, Plantar fasciitis is a...

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Amelia Marriette

Apr 20
4 min

The First World Book Day in Austria

The First World Book Day in Wolfsberg On the 23rd of April, the city council in Wolfsberg will be hosting the first World Book Day on the...

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Amelia Marriette

Apr 16
1 min

My Corner of Austria by Amelia Marriette

A few months ago the administrators of the Facebook group the British in Austria asked me to write about the area where I now live in...

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Can you see with the heart? Meet my Guest Blogger, Children's Author, Martina Graf.

Amelia Marriette

Jan 30
3 min

Can you see with the heart? Meet my Guest Blogger, Children's Author, Martina Graf.

This week my Guest Blogger is the children's author Martina Graf; her pen name is Martina Schmerlaib (I am jealous I have always wanted...

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Can you listen to Alchemy? Listening to Alchemy by Sam Richards.

Amelia Marriette

Jan 20
9 min

Can you listen to Alchemy? Listening to Alchemy by Sam Richards.

Many of you read Sam Richard’s excellent blog post about Imogen Holst, which I published on my site a few weeks ago. Sam has returned to...

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Meet Leigh Turner, the Former British Ambassador to Austria - AKA Robert Pimm.

Amelia Marriette

Jan 11
4 min

Meet Leigh Turner, the Former British Ambassador to Austria - AKA Robert Pimm.

In 2020 I wrote a blog asking how many previous lives have you had? I wrote this partly because I am a firm believer in the concept and...

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What was Imogen Holst like? Remembering Imogen Holst by Composer and Writer Sam Richards

Amelia Marriette

Dec 30, 2021
6 min

What was Imogen Holst like? Remembering Imogen Holst by Composer and Writer Sam Richards

I am delighted to bring you another superb blog from my Guest Blogger Sam Richards. Sam is based in Totnes in South Devon; amongst other...

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Is Walking Boring? Written by my Guest Blogger - Sabrina Balin.

Amelia Marriette

Dec 18, 2021
5 min

Is Walking Boring? Written by my Guest Blogger - Sabrina Balin.

Over the past few years, I have grown to like blogging. I collect ideas and images, think about what may interest my readers, and jot my...

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What a difference a step makes. Walking in the Mountains or at Work - are all steps the same?

Amelia Marriette

Oct 10, 2021
3 min

What a difference a step makes. Walking in the Mountains or at Work - are all steps the same?

I usually walk the designated 10,000 steps a day either in my garden or in the hills and mountains of Southern Austria, where I now live....

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Even when things are strange - is there still hope?

Amelia Marriette

Sep 28, 2021
2 min

Even when things are strange - is there still hope?

There is always hope. It may be a cliché but hope does lift us up - maybe Shakespeare is one of the first writers to use such an analogy....

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Is Crowdfunding for the brave? + Free Online Talk about Walking into Alchemy

Amelia Marriette

Jun 14, 2021
3 min

Is Crowdfunding for the brave? + Free Online Talk about Walking into Alchemy

This is just a little update about the crowdfunding campaign that we began working on in January and launched in April. We launched our...

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Is it more Sublime to walk in Austria or in England?

Amelia Marriette

Jun 1, 2021
4 min

Is it more Sublime to walk in Austria or in England?

The Beautiful, The Sublime, and Me: Walking On the Malvern Hills and in Southern Austria During the three years that I was writing my...

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What did Shakespeare know about Mental Health?

Amelia Marriette

May 12, 2021
5 min

What did Shakespeare know about Mental Health?

"There is a willow grows aslant a brook." Shakespeare, Nature and Mental Health By Amelia Marriette During the height of the Corona...

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