tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post6235733640354592836..comments2024-03-27T12:33:35.984+00:00Comments on Awfully Big Reviews Big Archive: SECRET SONGS by Jane Stemp. Reviewed by Ann TurnbullElen Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00445201005486291612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-89902521522012669232023-03-22T17:44:45.378+00:002023-03-22T17:44:45.378+00:00Just to say that a revised edition of this book is...Just to say that a revised edition of this book is about to be (self) published - updated for changes in technology and e.g. Scottish law now being separate. I need to prod the printer!Jane Stempnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-73943397500250466332011-08-24T19:56:08.477+01:002011-08-24T19:56:08.477+01:00This sounds like a wonderful book that should be o...This sounds like a wonderful book that should be on kindle!Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-56190184105473987942011-08-24T17:55:35.445+01:002011-08-24T17:55:35.445+01:00Oh - Philip is safe enough! (he and I met on Faceb...Oh - Philip is safe enough! (he and I met on Facebook over a packet of butter: and I'm going no further... ) I can't write non-fiction: whatever I try wraps itself into a story.Jane Stempnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-27004168260391973712011-08-22T12:50:39.752+01:002011-08-22T12:50:39.752+01:00Thanks Ann - it sounds like a subtle and beautiful...Thanks Ann - it sounds like a subtle and beautiful book Jane. I'd love to read some new work of yours too. You always keep me chuckling online and you seem to have an awful lot of information in that head of yours. ('Information' plus 'funny'?!?!?! = Whohoo - Philip Ardagh watch out!)Wendy Meddourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232145254833119663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-89681624768491742772011-08-22T00:23:39.173+01:002011-08-22T00:23:39.173+01:00Yes I am! But not having much luck getting publish...Yes I am! But not having much luck getting published.<br /><br />Thanks for the perceptive review Ann. Secret Songs came out just before Sandra Ann Horn's The Silkie and just after Berlie Doherty's Daughter of the Sea - so there was obviously something in the zeitgeist that year...Jane Stempnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-44734735390772631302011-08-21T19:59:27.952+01:002011-08-21T19:59:27.952+01:00No, I don't know of any new book. I just mean...No, I don't know of any new book. I just meant that I hoped Jane was still writing.Ann Turnbullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208916304244016951.post-41350566857736623992011-08-21T12:32:11.305+01:002011-08-21T12:32:11.305+01:00The legend of the selkie is deeply magical, and th...The legend of the selkie is deeply magical, and this post makes me want to search Jane Stemp's novel. You mention a new book, Ann. Do you know the title? <br /><br />If you want to share the legend with younger readers, there's a picture book by Gillian McClure, simply called "Selkie".<br /><br />A young boy, Peter, finds a seal trapped in the mean and greedy Oysterman's nets, and when he frees the seal, she becomes a girl, and his friend. Before long, the Oysterman traps the selkie girl to use as his slave, so Peter has to save her once more.<br /><br />McClure's water-colour illustrations give a beautiful feel of sea and shoreline. I saw the origial art work in an exhibition at Newby Hall in Yorkshire a while back so may be particularly biased in my affection for it or for the northern landscapes that must have been her inspiration.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com