Kevin Ansbro's Blog

“A happy Christmas ending after a great deal of heartbreak and suffering." 🔪🔪😨😨😨😨🎄

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Some of the world's greatest authors (and me✌️🤓) have donated hundreds of signed books to this year's 'Children in Read' auction.
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Each author has committed to signing their books and posting them to the winning bidders.

All proceeds go to ❤️ BBC Children in Need ❤️

🌻Mine is Lot #184
In the Shadow of Time

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https://jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detai...
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I am completely blown away by, and grateful for, Tri's beautiful artwork depicting a moonlit scene from 'The Siren's Call' —the opening tale in 'The Minotaur's Son' anthology of short stories. 😻

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https://t.co/02qS7ThO8l

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💚 Seasonal greetings to those of my friends who celebrate such frivolity, and a Happy 2024 to all! 💚

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*CHARITY BOOK AUCTION for BBC CHILDREN IN NEED *


The Children in Read book auction has ended, raising £26,027 for BBC Children in Need.
Congratulations to the Children in Need team for their tireless efforts and for inviting me back each year.

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My time-travel novel, In the Shadow of Time, is currently up for grabs in this year's BBC 'Children in Read' charity auction.

The highest bidder can expect to receive a personalised copy, which will look something like THIS👇
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And, if I'm not your usual cup of tea, there are plenty of authors in the auction who will be!
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So, please support this great cause, my fellow bookaneers. In doing so, you will receive good karma for, oh, at least a month! : )

Mine is Lot #288
https://jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detai...


Big love,
Kevin x


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"There are but twenty-six letters in the English alphabet, yet I must have read a quadrillion words."
—Kevin Ansbro

>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9891...





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Imagine being able to spend some downtime with none other than Charles Dickens!




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My thanks to Liz for inviting me to take part in an author interview.
Her questions were fresh and innovative and I thoroughly enjoyed taking part!

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Here is the link to the interview>>>https://liisthinks.blog/2022/10/27/au...
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**CHARITY BOOK AUCTION for BBC CHILDREN IN NEED **

Five days to go...


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🦋My time-travel novel, In the Shadow of Time, is currently up for auction in this year's BBC 'Children in Read' charity event (UK readers only)

The highest bidder can expect to receive a personalised copy which will look something like *THIS*


And, if I'm not your cup of tea, there are plenty of authors in the auction who will be!
; )

So, please support this great cause, my fellow bookaneers. In doing so, you will receive good karma for, oh, at least a month! : )

Big love,
Kevin x


THE AUCTION WEBSITE: >>> https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/childreni...



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I'm giving away PDF copies to any bookworms interested in reading my dreadful fabulous book of short stories! : )
Simply send me a message with your email and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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"Charlatans and shapeshifters, lovers and leprechauns, ghosts and office creeps are just some of the characters that Kevin Ansbro brings to life in this volume of short stories. His tales span the globe and range from the wickedly funny to the sad and deeply unnerving. With his perceptive take on human failings, his vivid imagination and his glorious grasp of language, Ansbro’s thought-provoking stories will stay with you long after you turn the final page. "
—Karen Holmes, editor 2QT
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Hello, fellow bookaneers! : )





I'm in the middle of answering questions sent to me by the custodians of a literary website (an author's life isn't all fun and games, you know). And they have asked for my interpretation of the magical realism genre.

As so many readers lump magical realism in with fantasy, I thought I'd reprise my answer here...

"Writers of magical realism strive to depict our real world in a credible way, occasionally adding implausible events and magical elements in a matter-of-fact fashion, as if these anomalies have every right to be there.
The characters' personalities and dialogue are often deliberately exaggerated or flamboyant; poetic descriptive imagery is a must, and the storylines should speak to the reader's soul."

That's my interpretation anyway. : )

But I will allow Sir Salman Rushdie to have the final say on the matter...



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