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On the Ramblings today, for #MarchMagics2026 I revisit the wonderful Fire and Hemlock by #DianaWynneJones - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/i...

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Neverland now: #MarchMagics2026 Diana Wynne Jones, 1934–2011. ‘The Origins of Changeover’ (2004) by Diana Wynne Jones in Reflections On the Magic of Writing, edited by Charlie Butler. David Fickling Books / Greenwillo…

An overview, preparatory to a planned read, of 'Changeover', the 1970 novel by #DianaWynneJones that reflected Britain's relinquishing of Empire in the 1960s as well as her own mischievous wit and humour.
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Intimations of mortality Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones.HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2009 (1986). At first sight it might seem strange that of all Diana Wynne Jones’ books (a) this should be…

Repost of a review of 'Howl’s Moving Castle' (1986) by #DianaWynneJones.
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‘As flies to wanton boys’: #MarchMagics2026 The Discworld Mapp (1995) co-designed by Stephen Briggs and Terry Pratchett, painted by Stephen Player. Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic: The Graphic Novel.Discworld Graphic Novel #1adap…

My review of 'Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic: The Graphic Novel', the first #Discworld #graphicnovel for #MarchMagics2026. #Booksky
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Music, magic, maturity (c) C A Lovegrove. Cart and Cwidder (1975) by Diana Wynne Jones,in The Dalemark Quartet, Vol 1.Greenwillow / Eos 2005. There is sometimes an assumption that if a novel’s protagonists are youn…

Repost of a review of 'Cart and Cwidder' (1975), high fantasy by #DianaWynneJones in The Dalemark Quartet, for #MarchMagics2026. #Booksky wp.me/s2oNj1-dalem...

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Fun is a serious business Mixed Magicsby Diana Wynne Jones.Collins, 2000. Publishers and booksellers think they know their market when it comes to the fantasy novels of Diana Wynne Jones and her ilk: young readers aged 9 to…

Repost of my review of 'Mixed Magics', a collection of short stories in the #Chrestomanci series by #DianaWynneJones for #MarchMagics2026.
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School for sorcery © C A Lovegrove Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones.HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2000 (1982). a parallel world | where they persecute witches | and children aren’t safe Witch Week was the …

Repost of my review of 'Witch Week' by #DianaWynneJones in the #Chrestomanci series for #MarchMagics2026. wp.me/s2oNj1-week

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The cover of Carpe Jugulum is dark blue with a large white moon and a black silhouette of a coach and horses flying over it on a sparkly trail. The book is sitting on a multi-colored puzzle called Venetian Escape, which would sure be nice right about now.

The cover of Carpe Jugulum is dark blue with a large white moon and a black silhouette of a coach and horses flying over it on a sparkly trail. The book is sitting on a multi-colored puzzle called Venetian Escape, which would sure be nice right about now.

Okay, phones down, books up. I’m going with CARPE JUGULUM by Terry Pratchett for #MarchMagics2026.

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A stranger world: #MarchMagics2026 Woodcut of Mephistopheles and Faust. Wild Robert by Diana Wynne Jones. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark. Collins, 2001 (1989). ‘Heather felt as if something tipped with Robert’s han…

My review of 'Wild Robert' by #DianaWynneJones for #MarchMagics2026.
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Alike in indignity 19th-century Florence The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones. Collins, 2002 (1980). Two families, bothalike in magic, fight tillforced to face real foe. First things first: I wondered why Di…

Repost of my review of the #Chrestomanci story 'The Magicians of Caprona' by #DianaWynneJones for #MarchMagics2026.

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Master of his own fates William Blake’s The Ghost of a Flea. Conrad’s Fate by Diana Wynne Jones.HarperCollinsChildrensBooks, 2006 (2005). In the English AlpsConrad tries to change his fate.Unsuccessfully. Conr…

Repost of my review of 'Conrad’s Fate' by #DianaWynneJones for #MarchMagics2026.
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#MarchMagics2026 begins today, celebrating the lives and work of #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett!

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Intimations of mortality (c) C A Lovegrove. The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones. HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2000 (1988). This Diana Wynne Jones book has an intriguing title: we are used to The Live…

My review of 'The Lives of Christopher Chant' by #DianaWynneJones, posted for #MarchMagics2026. wp.me/s2oNj1-lives

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March is on the way and that means an excuse to read some Diana Wynne Jones and Terry Pratchett novels and give a big middle finger to the month that took them both from us. #MarchMagics2026

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From Fantasyland to Discworld: #MarchMagics2026 #MarchMagics2026. CalmgroveBooks.WordPress.com “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. This is an …

From Fantasyland to Discworld: #MarchMagics2026 calmgrovebooks.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/f...

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From Fantasyland to Discworld: #MarchMagics2026 #MarchMagics2026. CalmgroveBooks.WordPress.com “They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.” — Sir Terry Pratchett. This is an …

'From Fantasyland to Discworld': #MarchMagics2026 represents the annual celebration of the life and work of #DianaWynneJones and #TerryPratchett through the month of March. wp.me/pezD85-10u

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@klpm.bsky.social Hi Kristen, just to let you know that on Wednesday I'll be announcing #MarchMagics2026 on CalmgroveBooks.wordpress.com with the tagline From Fantasyland to Discworld (with, of course, an acknowledgement of your initially hosting the event)!

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