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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katrina Bivald

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katrina Bivald was my final read of 2023. And by that, I mean I finished the last page with less than an hour before the bells rang in 2024. For me, winter is a time for bracing walks and then with glowing cheeks, retreat indoors to snuggle up […]

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Apokeri Bay novel held up with clear blue skies and blue sea behind

Let’s Talk Stories with Jackie Watson

Apokeri Bay news / Jackie Watson

I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be at Blaydon Library on Wed 7th Feb, 11am – 12pm to chat about my debut novel Apokeri Bay. If you’re able to, why not pop along and quiz me on the first part of my trilogy, where I get my inspiration and what’s coming next! I can’t

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How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie propped up on an everyday dining table next to a potted plant and a fruit bowl

How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

I’m not one for dark novels but after reading How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie my annual tally stands at two. Hardly remarkable if I’d read one hundred books but as it’s only my fifteenth this year, that’s more noteworthy. Are my tastes changing? Or is it a case of spacing them out

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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngezi Adichie is a novel that weaves in multiple countries, characters and love stories. It starts when our protagonist Ifemelu heads to a Trenton braiding salon. After thirteen years (she tells the braider it’s fifteen) of building a successful slice of the American Dream, the pull of home is too strong. Ifemelu

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Jackie Watson sitting in The Guisborough Bookshop at a book signing table with Apokeri Bay novel, bookmarks, postcards and tubs of sweets

The Guisborough Bookshop book signing

Apokeri Bay news / Jackie Watson

After a few days of continual rain, it was a relief to find clear skies. I wouldn’t have to don waterproofs to reach The Guisborough Bookshop with my box of goodies. And more importantly, less inclement weather would hopefully encourage people to stray outdoors for a book signing. The wonderful independent bookstore team had affixed

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Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine novel resting on a duvet

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, thank you very much. She doesn’t like to deviate from routine and remains in the same company, doing the same finance job for eight years. Afterwards, she goes home and waits for the next working day.  Every Wednesday evening is a fifteen-minute phone call from Mummy and at the weekend

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Helen Eddon, Libraries and Heritage Manager with Jackie Watson inside Gateshead Libraries Central Library

AUTHOR RETURNS TO THE BEGINNING IN LIBRARIES WEEK

Apokeri Bay news / Jackie Watson

To celebrate Libraries Week, local contemporary fiction writer, Jackie Watson, has gone back to the very place that inspired her love for writing – the library. Jackie Watson was motivated to write the Greece-based trilogy after a recurring dream and explains: “As a kid, I loved our weekly library trip where I’d burst through the

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Looking over the magnificent Langdale Valley, Lake District, UK

Escape the crowds, even in the summer school holidays

Travel tips / Jackie Watson

Is it possible to escape the crowds and find wide open spaces to enjoy during the summer school holidays? You might be surprised. Or maybe you already know about these places, hiding in plain sight. In the past I went camping as a kid. It was the only way to afford a two-week family holiday

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Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

Alison is an ambitious barrister. She’s worked tirelessly and sacrificed plenty over the years. To attain her goal. It’s the one thing she’s been working towards her whole legal career – to defend a murder case. To represent Madeleine, a well-heeled, immaculately presented woman who freely admits to repeatedly stabbing her husband to death with

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A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Book reviews / Jackie Watson

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a thoroughly charming and incredibly touching novel. Ove has nothing to live for. The woman who filled his life with love and meaning is gone. “People said Ove saw the world in back and white. But she was colour. All the colour he had.” The result is

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