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Alan’s Lesswilling Chronicles – Christmas special

Jan Sargeant·December 15, 2022

Alan’s Lesswilling Chronicles Christmas Special written by: Jan Sargeant And a happy bloody Covid Christmas to you...

Literature English Christmas

·6 mins read

The World Was Amazed

Elliot Slater·December 15, 2022

The World Was Amazed written by: E. S. Slater In the most desperate and difficult times, Oh...

English Poetry Christmas

·1 min read

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Sanu Sharma

Sanu Sharma is a Nepali novelist, short story writer, poet and lyricist. She has published several novels and short story collections, and numerous lyrical works. Her prose sheds light on the struggles of women, girls, and marginalized communities, tackling overlooked familial and societal issues, while her poetry and lyrics capture universal emotions. Her short story collection Ekadeshmaa received widespread acclaim and was shortlisted for the prestigious Madan Puraskar in 2018. Several of her novels and stories have been adapted into audio and visual formats, and her ghazals and lyrics have been set to music by various composers and performed by renowned singers.

Precious Moments by Valli Henry-Boldini

...The little blue jay landed on the windowsill just as Frank’s heart skipped another beat. He looked at her delicate colours and the way she flitted back and forth along the white peeling ledge. She reminded him so much of his wife Emily, as she skipped along the white sandy beach all those years ago.

Emily lay asleep on their bed. Frank watched her from his favourite window seat and smiled. Thirty years had passed and she had remained his destiny.

As the bright morning sunlight burst through the top half of the windowpane and landed on her ashen face, its warmth stirred her from her slumber and she extended her thin arm to block out its penetrating rays...

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Cardinal Wings

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

A Christmas Heckler

Interviews

Spotlight On Writers – Lou Storey

Spotlight On Writers – Dawn Minott

Spotlight On Writers – Séimí Mac Aindreasa

Halting Matilda

The Happy Little Christmas Tree

A Christmas Heckler

Christmas Comes

Soldier’s Christmas

Alan’s Lesswilling Chronicles – Christmas Special II

Christians Everywhere Sing Joyful

A Child’s Christmas Carol

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Alan’s Lesswilling Chronicles – Christmas special

The World Was Amazed

Christmas Purple Bear

A Christmas Heckler

Free’s Tale: No Home at Christmas-time

You Must Believe

Father Christmas Comes Knocking

Christmas Gets Stuck in Concourse C

Cardinal Wings

An Unexpected Gift

Reindeer Park

The Breadwinner

A Christmas Interlude from 1967

Spotlight On Writers – Lou Storey