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Liberty, I Write Your Name

ByCarol Drinkwater

Recently, when I was in Paris, I visited the Bon Marché store, which is a regular haunt of mine. I usually head directly to the top floor where they have a very excellent librarie/bookshop. I love to browse there and to see what is being published in French and also who has been translated into…

Opening chapter to my new novel THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER

ByCarol Drinkwater

Here is the opening chapter to my new novel THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER to be published on 11th February by MJ Penguin. Dear Reader, As you will discover when you begin to read the first chapter of  THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER, the novel is set on a magnificent vineyard in the south of France and opens during…

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Provence, My Inspiration

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Provence. Provence-Alpes-Maritimes is my home, and it has also become my work. I never fail to remind myself how fortunate I am. When I first came here to this southern coast of France I was looking for a ‘house by the sea’. I had circumnavigated the world several times over, both as an actress and…

Marseille, snapshots of a mighty city

Marseille, snapshots of a mighty city

ByCarol Drinkwater

I have recently been on an excursion to Marseille. It is a little less than two hours west of our Olive Farm in the direction towards Spain. Marseille is an ancient harbour city set right in the middle of the stretch of Mediterranean that fringes the south of France. I have written at length in…

South of France Magic and Make-Believe

ByCarol Drinkwater

Quite by chance, while internet browsing, I came across an article in Variety magazine – almost a film industry bible – announcing a new film studio complex converted from warehouses to be opened on the outskirts of Marseille. This is exciting news. France’s Mediterranean coastline from Marseille all the way to Monaco and onwards to…

Suffragette

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A quick update to let you know that Scholastic have republished another of my books in the My Story series, Suffragette. Here is a photo of the new cover above, which is lovely and all silvery. I am very pleased with it. For my adult novel, we have a title. Hooray! I am not allowed…