Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 10th, 2010
With Midsummer Eve just days away, E-Scape Press interviewed Elizabeth Hanbury about her collection of Regency short stories set on this magical night….
You normally write novels, what inspired you to write a collection of short stories?
I’ve always loved reading short stories so it was a natural progression to write them. Midsummer Eve at [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2009
…it might have been this one.
I blogged about this book earlier in the year and thought I’d highlight it again now that it’s available and I’ve ordered it – eek! I have NO willpower where books are concerned :-0 Anyway, back to the book … A New System of Domestic Cookery by Mrs Rundell has [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2009
There is a great review of Elizabeth Hanbury’s anthology “Midsummer Eve at Rookery End” here:
http://lastexilewords.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-review-midsummer-eve-at-rookery.html
Of course, here at E-Scape Press we loved Elizabeth’s stories as soon as we read them, so a good review just echo’s what we already knew!
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2009
E-scape Press are proud to announce the re-release of Midsummer Eve at Rookery End by Elizabeth Hanbury in paperback.
We are moving all our current and future titles to Print-On-Demand and Midsummer Eve is our first to be done.
Print on demand is a much greener way of producing books because – er, well only copies that [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009
Last week, I spent a wonderful day visiting Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire
Sudbury was given to the Treasury in 1967 in part-payment of duties on the death of the 9th Lord Vernon. It was subsequently transferred to the National Trust and several of the principal rooms were redecorated under the supervision of the eminent [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2009
…so say researchers from Mindlab international consultancy at the University of Sussex. According to their tests, losing yourself in a book for six minutes is a more effective way of reducing stress than listening to music, taking a walk or having a cuppa! Any type of book is effective, apparently, as long as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 19th, 2009
Editing, revisions, taking a machete to the manuscript – call it what you like, the process remains the same and it’s something I don’t enjoy … or do I ?
Having been at various stages of editing recently with my next novel Ice Angel and my Regency short story collection, Midsummer Eve at Rookery End, [...]
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