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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 15 Nov 2019

Thank you all for making ABCTales such a vibrant place to be. I've been choosing our picks of the week, with others, for some time now and I don't think I've ever struggled to find at least two or three stand out pieces of brilliance. Story of the Week goes to Terrence Oblong for the wonderful 'Sleep Olympics' and our Poem of the Week goes to Philip Sidney for 'Trees on the Arapuni road'. Read them both and you'll forget the weather, the...

'According To The Dandelions' by Cerasus Poetry. Review:

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

'According To The Dandelions' is a compilation of 50 poems on the theme of Childhood. Available to buy now on Amazon or pre-order here: https://cerasuspoetry.com . For each copy sold, Cerasus Poetry will make a donation of £5 to: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk A Review by Ewan: According to the Dandelions by John Wilks Those of you familiar with John’s work will recognise the craft and erudition he brings to this collection of poetry centred round...

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ABCTALES.COM

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Tue, 12 Nov 2019

We have had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email claudine@abctales.com with your desired username and we will set up an account for you. It's all free!

David Wilson (2019) My Life With Murderers.

Posted by celticman on Sat, 09 Nov 2019

Below the typeface of David Wilson’s name is the tag ‘The UK’s Leading Criminologist’. Fourteen other books written (or co-written) by Wilson about well-known criminals and criminal justice system are listed inside the cover. It was only when I had neared completion of the book, and the Chapter Theory into Practice: Interview with a Murderer, I realised this was a programme on Channel 4 that I’d watched. Here we had encapsulated everything...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 08 Nov 2019

Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 08 Nov 2019 I do hope you're not paddling in flood water but if you're dry inside - stay there and curl up with ABCtales to take your mind of the unncertain weather. There's so much to enjoy this week. A feast of poetry which made it very difficult to choose one to be poem of the week - but I've gone with Agnosticnun's stunning take on the IP: The Language of Dead Flowers https://www.abctales.com/story/agnosticnun...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point.

Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 08 Nov 2019

I do hope you're not paddling in flood water but if you're dry inside - stay there and curl up with ABCtales to take your mind of the unncertain weather. There's so much to enjoy this week. A feast of poetry which made it very difficult to choose one to be poem of the week - but I've gone with Agnosticnun's stunning take on the IP: The Language of Dead Flowers https://www.abctales.com/story/agnosticnun/language-dead-flowers Prose is just as...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Wed, 06 Nov 2019

Our Story and Poem for the month of October have very kindly been chosen by love_writing (who has just finished her MLitt with top marks - so huge congratulations to her!)

Seven Worlds, One Planet, BBC 1, BBC iPlayer, narrator David Attenborough.

Posted by celticman on Tue, 05 Nov 2019

There are countless wildlife programmes harkening back to the mists of time, but there’s only one David Attenborough. He’s the gold standard of natural history and been doing it a very long time. There he is onscreen, popping up in Borneo in 1964, when it was mostly jungle, now it’s not. There are wildlife sanctuaries, as soon as you say that you know something has gone drastically wrong. Here we have it, Seven Worlds, One Planet, has a didactic...

Murder One Festival - Pitching from the pulpit 02/11/19

Posted by Robert Craven on Sun, 03 Nov 2019

Situated along the River Liffey, past the Temple Bar area of Dublin stands Smock Alley Theatre. Founded in 1662 as a Theatre Royal (the only one ever built outside of London) under Charles II, it has assumed many guises including a reconsecrated Church in the Victorian era. Falling into ruin after the 1916 rising and independence from England it was recently restored to its full glory including an impressive theatre space in 2012. For the next...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 01 Nov 2019

I don't know if it's the interesting times we have going on, but ABCTales has certainly been very busy this past week. Our Poem of the Week is a wonderful gem from Di_hard 'Starlings' which manages to capture in so few words the awe-inspiring magic of a murmuration. Two honourable mentions to two other bird poems - Luigi's 'Geese' and onemorething's 'Tree From a Window'. Story of the Week is drew _gummerson's 'Seven Nights in the Flamingo Hotel...

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