Archive for July, 2009

vatican and sacred hearts

In: Catholocism| Cultural History| Historical Fiction| Sacred Hearts| Sarah Dunant| Women's Studies

28 Jul 2009

Dear Anne Muirhead …… woke up to your comment in Kansas City.   The aim to somehow recreate the experiences of these women so many centuries ago, both psychological and religious,  made this the toughest book I had ever written, so if in some way it rang true to you then i am utterly delighted. [...]

kansas city, Kansas city here I come

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28 Jul 2009

a gerat blues track i seem to remember, but since i only get to stay a day it is more like Kansas city here I go. Two great gigs (Thank you Rainy Day books, you keep reading alive)  and a lot of big sky and flat land in between. If only one got to stay [...]

sun in san francisco

In: Art History| Catholocism| Historical Fiction| Music

25 Jul 2009

All tours have low points and i am very much hoping 3 hours in cars in LA with a 6. am start the next morning marks the spot. i seem to remember a Jackson Brown lyric that fits here. “the only time that seems too short is the time that we get to play” by [...]

seattle via the gulf islands

In: Academia| Art History| Catholocism| Cultural History| Historical Fiction| Italy| Renaissance| Sacred Hearts| Sarah Dunant

21 Jul 2009

first thing to note. It’s hot. Seattle sings in the sushine.  i got here yestrday after a fantastic weekend at the Denman island Writers and Readers festival. If you don’t know about it and you live anywhere in British Columbia then check it out. The most beautiful place, the kindest most hospitable people and the [...]

Vancouver with half a voice

In: Art History| Catholocism| Cultural History| Ferrara| Historical Fiction| Music| Sacred Hearts| Saints| Sarah Dunant| Uncategorized

15 Jul 2009

I love this city so much.  There is such a deep sense of relaxation to it. Any place where you can see mountains and water at the same timne is good for the soul.   Not that I am seeing much of it.  Tv am studios, books shops and the odd glimpse of a view out [...]

On the road but with no rock star entourage

In: Catholocism| Cultural History| Historical Fiction| Sacred Hearts| Sarah Dunant

9 Jul 2009

Hi Margot. Thank you for that.  Sacred Hearts will be in your hands soon enough. Please let me know what you think.
Meanwhile I have been hurtling around Dublin on the opening of this mad international tour.  Such a friendly city, coping well with a recession which is as low as the boom was high.  Also [...]

getting ready to fly…..

In: Music| Renaissance| Sacred Hearts| Sarah Dunant| Uncategorized

7 Jul 2009

Which is hardest?  Writing the book or working out what the hell to pack for six weeks on the road promoting it?  I am coming to see the deep attraction of a nun’s habit, although of course they don’t get to go on the road.  At the South Bank concert in London last week many [...]

Saint and sinner – new article in The Guardian

In: Cultural History| Historical Fiction| Sacred Hearts| Saints| Sarah Dunant| Women's Studies

4 Jul 2009

Saturday morning , written after a rather wonderful publication party for Sacred Hearts which went went on way into the night. Woke up this morning to find an article I had written in today’s Guardian newspaper: about a fabulous novel  I read by Julia O’Faolain while researching SH built around a 6th century saint, whom [...]


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