Author Archives
James is a full-time writer.
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#LockdownLit: Early Days
Andrea said to me, our life is too shallow. I said, define shallow. She said, when you wake up what do you think about? I said, what shirt to put on. She laughed. See? I said, okay, let’s talk deep…. Read More ›
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#LockdownLit: The Beast
Before dishwashers became a standard feature in most people’s kitchens, every town had at least one crockery cleaning kiosk located near a car-park or taxi rank, or within easy reach of public transport. In those days it was common during… Read More ›
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#LockdownLit: The Fire-Diver’s Assistant
The fire-diver was called Gregory, and I assisted him by chalking arrows on the walls of seaside towns; writing things like This Way To See The Great Fire-Diver – Three O’Clock, or, It’s The Greatest Show On Earth – Don’t… Read More ›
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Book launch deferred
Darn – Happy Family‘s book launch can’t happen on April 25th. But it’s not cancelled, just deferred. We’re moving it to when we can all gather and mingle in safety. Details to follow. In the meantime, keep buying books (especially… Read More ›
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Happy Family: bloggers’ reviews
Happy Family has completed its blog tour and the results are in. Huge thanks to all of the book bloggers, and to Anne Cater who arranged the tour. Blog tour reviews: Paterson Loarn Books IMO Intensive Gassing About Books Hinton… Read More ›
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Facebook school friends: let’s move on
I am in contact with only two of my schoolfriends. By contact, I mean we actually meet face to face – until COVID, that is. With everyone else, either the bonds weren’t strong enough or I was too lazy to… Read More ›
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A few comments on your response to my complaint
From: James Ellis To: <Customer Care> Subject: Re: Complaint – unused deposit taken [ref:_99DFT6200_gtDDS529:ref] Date: 10 Mar 2020, at 08:27 Dear <Customer Care> – a few comments on your response to my complaint. From one writer to another. Best, James…. Read More ›
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Happy Family book launch: James Ellis in conversation with Germaine Kiecke – Saturday April 25th
I am very excited. The London launch of Happy Family will be on Saturday, 25 April at the brilliant independent bookshop, Nomad Books. It will start at 18.45. The reason I’m so excited is because as part of the launch I am going to… Read More ›
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Happy Family Blog Tour
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Don’t rush a good thing
Watch out, many of the baby boomers’ final cohort will be turning 60 this year – those born in the satisfyingly neat year of 1960 (it is so easy to work out how old one is, when there’s a zero… Read More ›
