Stories of rural life, folklore and moments in between
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Book launch – save the date!
I’m delighted to announce I’ll be launching Plashy Fen on Saturday 10 October at Washingpool Farm Shop, Bridport, from 11am-12 noon. It’s a particularly appropriate venue because one of the key locations in my new novel is a village farm shop, run by Derek and Maggie Galpin. Like the Holland family who run Washingpool, my…
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Rabbiting on
One from the archives, this. A few years ago, in a field above Lush Places, I stumbled across this. It scared the bejeezus out of me. I thought I’d ventured on to the set of Donnie Darko (which I’d never seen because I was too frightened) or Harvey, which was actually one of my favourite…
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The woman in the window
I went to a wine festival a few years ago in a village in south west France and passed this most wonderful shop front. The shop itself had been closed for some years – or so it seemed – but the faded, beautiful paint on the doors and fascia led into this most marvellous mural.…
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Why Plashy Fen?
The title of my new novel, Plashy Fen, came to me in the middle of the night a few years ago. I wasn’t happy with the working title I’d given it, as who the hell did I think I was, calling it Dylan’s Wake, in a nod to the author of the wonderful Under Milk…
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A village made up of characters
Every rural village has its characters. The person who knows everyone’s business. The person who minds their own. The person who quietly organises everything. And the noisy person who claims all the credit. The person who has lived there all their life. And the person who’s been there five minutes and think they know it…
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The book is out!
After all this time, Plashy Fen is finally out in the world. The Kindle edition is now available. * A small village. A long memory. And rather a lot of people I’ve been carrying in my head for several years. Welcome to Plashy Fen. If you prefer the paperback – and I know most of…
Maddie Grigg 