Tag Archives: magical realism

LISTENING TO SNOW

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Veronica Knox

‘Snow Behind the Door’– the memoir of a child ghost with amnesia (book four of my ‘Bede Series’) has progressed to the first short list for the 2023 GERTRUDE WARNER AWARD for middle-grade fiction. My Bede series was meant to … Continue reading →

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READ BEDE! … IF…

Posted on June 6, 2022 by Veronica Knox

IF the title ‘PERPETUAL CHILD’ resonates to a natural affinity for magical realism within you. It helps to be middle aged to read the Bede Series in the true spirit it was written… namely in the guise of a middle-grade … Continue reading →

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GOLDILOCKS UNPLUGGED

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Veronica Knox

BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW SECOND CHILDHOOD When it came to porridge, chairs and beds, Goldilocks was one picky little kid. But somewhere in the middle of too small, too big, too soft, too hard, too cold, and too … Continue reading →

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NOW YOU ARE TWELVE!

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Veronica Knox

Tis the season for wintry tales of snow and wishing on Christmas stars. In 1924, A.A. Milne (author of the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ books) wrote ‘When We Were Very Young’ for his four-year-old son, Christopher Robin. In 1927 he wrote … Continue reading →

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INTRODUCING ‘TIME-SENSITIVE FICTION’

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Veronica Knox

MIDDLE-GRADE TIME SLIP ADVENTURES WRITTEN IN LITERARY PROSE FOR THE ADULT READER – an adapted genre from author V Knox If time stands still anywhere, it’s at Bede. If ghosts haunt anywhere it’s in Bede Hall Bede Hall hovers in … Continue reading →

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‘ET OB HOC AD’… AFTER, BEFORE, AND BECAUSE OF IT

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Veronica Knox

When one door closes, another door opens And so, as ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’ closes ‘the Bede trilogy’ – a time-slip adventure for ages thirteen and up, I open up the before time: ‘AFTER, BEFORE, AND BECAUSE OF’ the trilogy in the … Continue reading →

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FACES FROM A DREAM OF HISTORY

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Veronica Knox

In ‘TOMORROW AGAIN’, the ancient magic of alchemy brings wall paintings and carvings in an Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb, to life. And so, within the pages of my fanciful trilogy for ages 12 and up, I endeavor to bring the boy … Continue reading →

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CATNAPPED

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Veronica Knox

‘TOMORROW AGAIN’, book 3 of the Bede Trilogy by V Knox – a middle-grade time-slip adventure where the present day cats of Bede Village, in England, dream travel to ancient Egypt through a cat flap in Sarah Goodman’s kitchen. There … Continue reading →

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PILLOW TALK and THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE ATTIC

Posted on August 19, 2020 by Veronica Knox

Let’s talk pillows… from extremely soft to incredibly super-hard Egyptian ‘memory foam’ – as in carved from stone The alabaster pillow found in the teenager, King Tutankhamun’s, tomb (depicted in the painting, although I have shown the top half of … Continue reading →

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A STORY IN A GRAIN OF SAND

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Veronica Knox

Every story begins with the grain of a premise – a first grain of sand idea, and like an oyster, a writer has to grow characters and plot and events from it into a pearl. Not just a single pearl … Continue reading →

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