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Hey guys! Seeing as this hasn't been shared over here yet,
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Here's an interview I did with Diana at the end of 2008. It hasn't been available to read on the internet before.

http://emmajanefalconer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/diana-wynne-jones-interview.html

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I recently commissioned my friend brasssun, who is taking commissions for calligraphy, to do a quotation from Fire and Hemlock for me. It came out really beautifully, so I thought I should share it here:


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Do any of the common hot beverages from our world (coffee, chocolate, tea) show up in this particular Known World?

In particular, are any of them consumed in Zanzib, but not in Ingary?

This seems like the sort of thing I ought to have noticed, but didn't. :-(

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Sosban Fach, which translates into English as Little Saucepan, is a traditional Welsh folksong. It is also, according to the internet, the song about saucepans Calcifer sings.

I was linked to this on Twitter and thought I would share. NPR is doing a poll for the best-ever teen novels and there are 3 DWJ entries listed: Chrestomanci series, Fire and Hemlock, and Howl's Moving Castle. They're listed in alphabetical order according to title so not hard to find. :) The list will end up being the top 100 voted entries (out of ( Read more... )

Hi, there! I'm new here! I didn't even now this comm existed until I run upon it in a frantic search for answers after finishing Fire & Hemlock 10 minutes ago.
First things first. I read the book in English and it's not my native language. I understand it quite well, mind you, but I' am aware that I might have missed a couple of things, specially ( Read more... )