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June 2012 | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Listening to one of Norwegian all-female band Katzenjammer. S two studio albums with no prior knowledge, you would be forgiven for getting the wrong impression. Here's a bunch of sweet-voiced girls, performing well-written songs covering a wide selection of genres but essentially falling under the single adjective "folksy", assisted, by the sound of it, by a solid session band and all the usual studio production magic. Big deal. At time of writing, Katzenja...
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Guest Post: Katzenjammer | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Listening to one of Norwegian all-female band Katzenjammer. S two studio albums with no prior knowledge, you would be forgiven for getting the wrong impression. Here's a bunch of sweet-voiced girls, performing well-written songs covering a wide selection of genres but essentially falling under the single adjective "folksy", assisted, by the sound of it, by a solid session band and all the usual studio production magic. Big deal. At time of writing, Katzenja...
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March 2014 | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Cor, you do get to go to some amazing places when you write books, and meet some amazing people there. Here I am on a panel with TV's Charlie Higson. In Dubai. (He looks a bit bored actually - I hope I didn't bang on too much). McIntyre has already blogged about our adventures. I originally decided to go because I thought I ought to see the desert. And I did! Here it is, look; your actual desert! It's got a dead bush in it and everything. What I hadn't been...
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Life, love and cupcakes: Internet Safety Day
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Life, love and cupcakes. For those who like to lick the spoon of life - and eat the cake, too! Tuesday, 8 February 2011. Am feeling very post-modern, Facebooking, Sky News-ing and Tweeting about internet safety. The adolescent brain has poor impulse control and reasoning function. So, what's our excuse? I'm blogging and you're reading me, yet we aren't meeting face-to-face. We think we know the score, that we can evaluate this relationship, that we're not street-wise but rather net-wise.
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Agatha Parrot and the Floating Head | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Agatha Parrot and the Floating Head. Has had a long old summer break, mostly because I couldn't find anything much I wanted to write about. But I can't not. Review Agatha Parrot and the Floating Head. It's the first in a new series by Kjartan Poskitt. Although according to the title page it's actually by A. Parrot herself, and Poskitt has just 'typed it out neatly'.). And Urgum the Axeman. Format-wise, Agatha Parrot. The story is simple and packed with good...
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. This is probably the most original cover I've seen on a children's book in recent years, and, happily enough, it's wrapped around one of the most original children's books I've ever read. Is already familiar to readers of the DFC. And The Phoenix Comic. As the creator of the ongoing canine-noir detective series Good Dog, Bad Dog. And several fine stand-alone strips. A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. Where are they going? Sam (who's 10)...
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Nelson | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Is a new comics anthology from Blank Slate Books. Although the book is based on an original idea by Rob Davies. And co-edited by him and Woodrow Phoenix. Feel like a real life, packed with random moments, odd encounters and curious coincidences. Inevitably, as with any anthology, there were some contributors whose work appealed to me more than others, but that's just a matter of personal taste. I really liked John McNaught's. The London Tube Bombings! Chapt...
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A Conversation with Toby Frost | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. A Conversation with Toby Frost. Ten Thousand Cheers for the Internet! Now when we find new authors whose books we enjoy, we needn't just sit patiently waiting for them to write the next one: oh no, we track them down on Facebook and bombard them with impertinent questions*. By way of example, Philip Reeve. Has been talking to Toby Frost. Author of the Space Captain Smith. Series of sci-fi comedies. Not that I mind if you want to. I think I owe my whole care...
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Guest Post: Costly Kids | The Solitary Bee
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Click on any headline to view the full article. Guest Post: Costly Kids. Thanks to Karen Dahl at Early Childhood Education. Who has sent me this cheery infographic on the costs of raising a child:. Created by: EarlyChildhoodEducation.com. Posted by Philip Reeve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Friends of the Bee. The Solitary Bee Archive. Guest Post: Costly Kids. Graphic Alchemy Web Design. Philip Reeve on Facebook. The Writer Side of Life. 169;2010 Philip Reeve.
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