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Event: Winstone’s Sidmouth
On Saturday 30th May, I’ll be doing a joint event at Winstone’s Bookshop, Sidmouth, with my sister, fantasy author Lucy Hounsom! That’s her there. She’s actually my older sister, and wasn’t very pleased when I was born. Later, she had a history of making me wear reindeer antlers and riding me around the house while…
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The Confectioner’s Tale Launch Party
The Confectioner’s Tale is officially out in the world, which can only mean that it’s time for a CELEBRATORY BOOK LAUNCH. I’m absolutely thrilled that Hart’s Bakery have agreed to play host to the evening’s shenanigans. If you don’t know Hart’s, it’s a gorgeous little working bakery under the railway arches next to Temple Meads…
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Book Release Cake Time: St Germain Cake
Today I’m sharing a recipe that I created specially for the launch of The Confectioner’s Tale. It involves some of my favourite things: raspberries, almonds and a more than generous helping of St Germain: a beautiful elderflower liqueur made from blossom hand-picked in the Alps (with a bottle that’s pure Belle Époque). Named after the area on the Parisian Left…
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Publication Day!
IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! Yes, it’s finally here: the official publication day of The Confectioner’s Tale! It’s been a long journey, filled with many, many drafts, plot changes, character chopping and chapter juggling, but TCT (as it’s affectionately known) is now a real book, and out in the world for anyone to pick up – and hopefully…
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Blog Tour Days Two & Three
Yesterday’s stop on the blog tour came in the form of a review from the lovely Virginie over at Chouett. You can read her review of The Confectioner’s Tale here. And today’s equally great stop is a feature courtesy of Anne from Random Things through my Letterbox. Thanks for hosting both!
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Blog Tour Day One
Day one of The Confectioner’s Tale blog tour is off to a flying start with this wonderful vlog by somethinglikelydia. Warning: features cake.
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The Confectioner’s Tale Blog Tour
I can’t believe how quickly the last month has flown by; publication day (23rd April) has snuck up behind me and now it’s looming around the corner! I’m so excited to see The Confectioner’s Tale out in the shops at last, although it’s still a highly surreal feeling. Anyway, to celebrate the book’s release, those…
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Friday Cake Time: Dulce de Leche Cake
This cake has no shame; it’s a sticky, nutty, creamy, unashamedly cakey cake. A combination of mascarpone and hazelnuts keeps it from sliding into sugar-coma territory, but if you have a sweet tooth, this’un’s for you. You can make dulce de leche yourself, if you’ve the patience, but otherwise just buy it in a tin.…
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Official Cover Reveal and Release Date
So I’ve had quite a few pieces of exciting news in the last week or two. The first one is that The Confectioner’s Tale is being published a little sooner than planned: release date is now scheduled for 23rd April 2015! It was originally intended to be May 21st, but publication dates shift with remarkable flexibility; far more than…
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Friday Cake Time: Marmite Cake
When I was born, my sister Lucy was so disgusted by the idea of a baby sister that she stopped speaking for an entire year. Ok, she was only two. Impressive stubbornness, even then. Anyway, since she wouldn’t speak, every morning, my mum had to do an identity parade of condiments to find out…
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Laura Madeleine 