Hawkesbury Upton – Ali Bacon / Books Etc

August 21, 2015

H is for Hawkesbury – a new anthology

Not long to go until my stop on the Scottish blog hop this Sunday, but after that I’m out and about closer to home, first of all to the not-so-sleepy Cotswold Village of Hawkesbury Upton now well and truly on the literary map since the inaugural literature festival last spring.To celebrate that event and give a … Continue reading H is for Hawkesbury – a new anthology

April 20, 2015

Hay or Hawkesbury? Small is beautiful – and free!

I don’t really have a problem with big literature festivals and have heard some fine and famous writers hold forth in Bath, Cheltenham and elsewhere. Two years ago I even made the pilgrimage to Hay on Wye, some would say the Daddy of them all. It took two hours , it rained a lot, I had … Continue reading Hay or Hawkesbury? Small is beautiful – and free!