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444 445</section><section id="linkcat-12" class="widget widget_links"><div class="widget-title">Author Blogs</div> 446 <ul class='xoxo blogroll'> 447<li><a href="http://www.deepsouthoffrance.blogspot.com" title="Cooking, eating, drinking, markets, festivals, exploring and glorying in life in general in this lesser-known part of France.">Angela Murrills</a></li> 448<li><a href="http://accordingtome-chip67.blogspot.co.uk/">Catherine Law</a></li> 449<li><a href="http://www.fredalightfoot.blogspot.com/">Freda Lightfoot</a></li> 450<li><a href="http://www.jamieford.com/">Jamie Ford</a></li> 451<li><a href="http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/BlogRetrieve.aspx?BlogID=4990">Kate Forsyth</a></li> 452<li><a href="http://www.laurierking.com/?page_id=614">Laurie R King</a></li> 453<li><a href="http://www.doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com" title="Crime writer Martin Edward’s Blog">Martin Edwards</a></li> 454<li><a href="http://www.marynichols.co.uk/blog" title="Saga author Mary Nichols’ blog">Mary Nichols</a></li> 455<li><a href="http://rachelcaine.com/welcome/blog/" title="Morganville writer Rachel Caine’s blog">Rachel Caine</a></li> 456<li><a href="http://www.rebeccatope.com/diary/">Rebecca Tope</a></li> 457<li><a href="http://www.sangeetabhargava.com/blog/" title="Sangeeta Bhargava’s personal blog">Sangeeta Bhargava</a></li> 458<li><a href="http://www.meanstreets.co.uk/Diary.asp">Stuart Pawson</a></li> 459<li><a href="http://www.womaninjeopardy.blogspot.co.uk" title="Susanna Kearlsey’s blog">Susanna Kearsley</a></li> 460<li><a href="http://thecurzongroup.blogspot.com/" title="Including Richard Jay Parker, Zoë Sharp, Elizabeth Corley">The Curzon Group</a></li> 461<li><a href="http://www.theheroineaddicts.blogspot.com/" title="Susanna Kearsley (and other authors) blogs here">The Heroine Addicts</a></li> 462<li><a href="http://www.timlebbon.net/">Tim Lebbon</a></li> 463<li><a href="http://victoriaconnelly.com/">Victoria Connelly</a></li> 464<li><a href="http://www.zoesharp.com/homepage.htm" title="Zoë Sharp’s Blog on her website">Zoë Sharp</a></li> 465 466 </ul> 467</section> 468<section id="linkcat-24" class="widget widget_links"><div class="widget-title">Blogs on All Kinds of Books</div> 469 <ul class='xoxo blogroll'> 470<li><a href="http://dovegreyreader.typepad.com/" title="Devonshire-based bookaholic’s ultra popular book review blog">Dovegreyreader Scribbles</a></li> 471<li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog">Guardian Books Blog</a></li> 472<li><a href="http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/">Me and my big mouth</a></li> 473<li><a href="http://myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com/" title="A penchant for fantasy but reviews everything" target="_blank">My Favourite Books</a></li> 474<li><a href="http://www.randomjottings.typepad.com/" title="A commuting book and opera-holic from Colchester">Random Jottings</a></li> 475<li><a href="http://www.stuck-in-a-book.blogspot.com/">Stuck in a book</a></li> 476<li><a href="http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/blog">The Book Depository Blog</a></li> 477 478 </ul> 479</section> 480<section id="linkcat-13" class="widget widget_links"><div class="widget-title">Crime Fiction Blogs</div> 481 <ul class='xoxo blogroll'> 482<li><a href="http://eurocrime.blogspot.com/" title="Talks about British and other European crime fiction, Tv and film">Eurocrime</a></li> 483<li><a href="http://itsacrimeuk.wordpress.com/" title="All about crime (mainly UK) from books to author events">It’s A Crime! (or a Mystery…)</a></li> 484<li><a href="http://kevinfromcanada.wordpress.com/">Kevin from Canada</a></li> 485<li><a href="http://materialwitness.typepad.com" title="Reviews all books and a lot of crime">Material Witness</a></li> 486 487 </ul> 488</section> 489<section id="linkcat-25" class="widget widget_links"><div class="widget-title">Fantasy Blogs</div> 490 <ul class='xoxo blogroll'> 491<li><a href="http://myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com/" title="A penchant for fantasy but reviews everything" target="_blank">My Favourite Books</a></li> 492 493 </ul> 494</section> 495<section id="linkcat-20" class="widget widget_links"><div class="widget-title">Other Favourites</div> 496 <ul class='xoxo blogroll'> 497<li><a href="http://editorunleashed.com/" title="Writing, publishing, interviews and community">Editor Unleashed</a></li> 498<li><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pursuedbyabear/">Pursued by a bear</a></li> 499 500 </ul> 501</section> 502</div> <div class="col-md-6 col-lg-8 entry-content"> 503 <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main"> 504 505 <div class="container"> 506 <div class="row"> 507 508 </div> 509 </div> 510
511 <div id="content" class="container"> 512 <div class="row"> 513 <div class="col"> 514 <h1 class="page-title"> 515 Blog </h1> 516 </div> 517 </div> 518 519 <div class="posts-listing"> 520 521 522 523 524 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 525 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/georgia-hunter-we-were-the-lucky-ones/">Georgia Hunter – We Were the Lucky Ones</a></h2> 526 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 527 <p>28 May, 2026</p> 528 </div> 529 <p>Growing up, I didnât know that I came from a family of Holocaust survivors. A high school assignment led me to start uncovering their remarkable story. Even though I knew my grandfather well, I had no idea about his saga of survival. âWe Were the Lucky Onesâ is a true account of what he and […]</p> 530 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/georgia-hunter-we-were-the-lucky-ones/">Read more</a></div> 531 </div> 532 533 534 535 536 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 537 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/sharing-stories-down-the-generations/">Sharing stories down the generations by Flora Johnston</a></h2> 538 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 539 <p>12 May, 2026</p> 540 </div> 541 <p>Where do you get your ideas? Thatâs a question people often ask, and the answer is usually that someone told me a story. Stories are meant to be told and retold: itâs part of what makes us human. The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay grew out of a couple of stories that my dad, a born […]</p> 542 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/sharing-stories-down-the-generations/">Read more</a></div> 543 </div> 544 545 546 547 548 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 549 550 <a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/playing-blind-mans-buff-researching-the-world-of-the-war-blinded-by-christina-koning/"><img width="970" height="300" src="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025.jpg 970w, https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025-500x155.jpg 500w, https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025-768x238.jpg 768w, https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025-250x77.jpg 250w, https://www.allisonandbusby.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Koning-Banner-1-April2025-800x247.jpg 800w" sizes="(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px" /></a> 551 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/playing-blind-mans-buff-researching-the-world-of-the-war-blinded-by-christina-koning/">Playing Blind Man’s Buff – researching the world of the war-blinded by Christina Koning</a></h2> 552 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 553 <p>1 May, 2026</p> 554 </div> 555 <p> Most writers of fiction, historical or otherwise, like to set themselves challenges – whether itâs delving into the near or distant past, researching aspects of a skill outside their usual frame of reference (loading a nineteenth century rifle; flying an early twentieth century aeroplane), or mastering the nuances of behaviour and speech of an […]</p> 556 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/playing-blind-mans-buff-researching-the-world-of-the-war-blinded-by-christina-koning/">Read more</a></div> 557 </div> 558 559 560 561 562 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 563 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/pragmatic-rather-than-poetic-my-regency-romances-and-valentines-day-by-sophia-holloway/">Pragmatic rather than poetic – my Regency romances and Valentineâs Day by Sophia Holloway</a></h2> 564 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 565 <p>4 February, 2026</p> 566 </div> 567 <p>Valentineâs Day often celebrates poetry and grand gestures, but Sophia Holloway reflects on how the characters in her Regency romances find a more practical expression of love far more compelling. St Valentine is not an obvious patron saint of lovers since he was never associated with love or lovers in the Early Church, and the […]</p> 568 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/pragmatic-rather-than-poetic-my-regency-romances-and-valentines-day-by-sophia-holloway/">Read more</a></div> 569 </div> 570 571 572 573 574 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 575 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/anna-and-jacqui-burns-talk-about-writing-as-a-mother-and-daughter-duo/">Anna and Jacqui Burns talk about writing as a mother and daughter duo</a></h2> 576 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 577 <p>4 September, 2024</p> 578 </div> 579 <p>Authors who keep it in the family are increasingly common – see Lee and Andrew Child, Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman, PC Cast and Kristen Cast – as well as our own mother and daughter writing duo Anna and Jacqui Burns. Today, we’ve settled down with a cup of tea and a slice of bara brith […]</p> 580 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/anna-and-jacqui-burns-talk-about-writing-as-a-mother-and-daughter-duo/">Read more</a></div> 581 </div> 582 583 584 585 586 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 587 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/five-books-with-strong-voices-which-ive-loved-recently-by-liz-webb/">Five Books with Strong Voices which Iâve Loved Recently by Liz Webb</a></h2> 588 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 589 <p>9 July, 2024</p> 590 </div> 591 <p>All the books Iâve especially loved reading recently have very strong distinctive main characters and voices. Like them or loathe them, we are drawn along by their idiosyncrasy and charisma. Thatâs what I love reading and what I aspire to create with my own writing. In my second novel THE SAVED, the story is told […]</p> 592 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/five-books-with-strong-voices-which-ive-loved-recently-by-liz-webb/">Read more</a></div> 593 </div> 594 595 596 597 598 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 599 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/jess-armstrong-introduces-ruby-vaughn-and-the-curse
599-of-penryth-hall/">Jess Armstrong introduces Ruby Vaughn and The Curse of Penryth Hall</a></h2> 600 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 601 <p>4 June, 2024</p> 602 </div> 603 <p>This month, we are delighted to introduce debut author Jess Armstrong and the memorable heroine of The Curse of Penryth Hall, Ruby Vaughn. Ruby has faced her share of drama and trauma at the pinnacle of American high society and behind the wheel of an ambulance on the Western Front. Life as an antiquarian bookseller […]</p> 604 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/jess-armstrong-introduces-ruby-vaughn-and-the-curse-of-penryth-hall/">Read more</a></div> 605 </div> 606 607 608 609 610 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 611 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/giveaway-take-a-tour-of-paris-with-three-allison-busby-books/">GIVEAWAY: Take a tour of Paris with three Allison & Busby books</a></h2> 612 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 613 <p>9 May, 2024</p> 614 </div> 615 <p>Do you have a hankering to get away from it all this spring? May we suggest that you armchair travel with one of A&B’s recent titles which makes Paris its atmospheric setting. Jim Eldridge, author of Murder at the Louvre, says he wrote the tenth instalment in the Museum Mysteries series as a love letter […]</p> 616 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/giveaway-take-a-tour-of-paris-with-three-allison-busby-books/">Read more</a></div> 617 </div> 618 619 620 621 622 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 623 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/guest-post-denny-s-bryce-discusses-what-led-her-to-the-other-princess/">Guest post: Denny S. Bryce discusses what led her to THE OTHER PRINCESS</a></h2> 624 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 625 <p>1 March, 2024</p> 626 </div> 627 <p>We are delighted to welcome our February Author of the Month, Denny S. Bryce, to the blog to chart her journey to writing her biographical historical fiction novel The Other Princess which is inspired by the remarkable life of Queen Victoriaâs African Goddaughter. History can take surprising paths to reveal itself, even for a history […]</p> 628 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/guest-post-denny-s-bryce-discusses-what-led-her-to-the-other-princess/">Read more</a></div> 629 </div> 630 631 632 633 634 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 635 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/my-favourite-authors-a-guest-blog-post-by-jacqueline-winspear/">My favourite authors – A guest blog post by Jacqueline Winspear</a></h2> 636 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 637 <p>12 October, 2023</p> 638 </div> 639 <p>To celebrate the launch of The White Lady in paperback last month, we asked Jacqueline Winspear who her favourite authors are. Itâs an interesting question â which authors have inspired you? I have been an avid reader since early childhood, though I know every writer says pretty much the same thing . However, I have […]</p> 640 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/my-favourite-authors-a-guest-blog-post-by-jacqueline-winspear/">Read more</a></div> 641 </div> 642 643 644 645 646 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 647 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/writing-the-blind-detective-series-a-guest-blog-post-from-christina-koning/">Writing the âBlind Detectiveâ series – A guest blog post from Christina Koning</a></h2> 648 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 649 <p>3 October, 2023</p> 650 </div> 651 <p>Our Author of the Month for October is Christina Koning, author of the Blind Detective series. This month, we publish two more books in the ongoing interwar series – Murder in Cambridge and Murder in Barcelona. In this blog post, Christina reflects upon writing the series. When, in 2014, I started writing the first book […]</p> 652 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/writing-the-blind-detective-series-a-guest-blog-post-from-christina-koning/">Read more</a></div> 653 </div> 654 655 656 657 658 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 659 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/crimes-of-the-past-a-guest-blog-post-from-jim-kelly/">Crimes of the past – A guest blog post from Jim Kelly</a></h2> 660 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 661 <p>18 July, 2023</p> 662 </div> 663 <p>As Jim Kelly is our Author of the Month for July, we asked him to write a blog post on writing crime fiction. I am â apparently â an author of historical crime. I am not sure how this happened, or why, but Iâm enjoying it a lot. The Eden Brooke series is set in […]</p> 664 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/crimes-of-the-past-a-guest-blog-post-from-jim-kelly/">Read more</a></div> 665 </div> 666 667 668 669 670 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 671 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/mordor-heo-writ-murder-she-writes-a-guest-blog-post-from-sarah-hawkswood-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Morðor heo writ / Murder She Writes – A guest blog post from Sarah Hawkswood as part of National Crime Reading Month</a></h2> 672 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 673 <p>20 June, 2023</p> 674 </div> 675 <p>
675To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]</p> 676 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/mordor-heo-writ-murder-she-writes-a-guest-blog-post-from-sarah-hawkswood-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Read more</a></div> 677 </div> 678 679 680 681 682 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 683 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/a-guest-blog-post-from-stephanie-austin-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">A guest blog post from Stephanie Austin as part of National Crime Reading Month</a></h2> 684 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 685 <p>13 June, 2023</p> 686 </div> 687 <p>To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]</p> 688 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/a-guest-blog-post-from-stephanie-austin-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Read more</a></div> 689 </div> 690 691 692 693 694 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 695 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/a-guest-blog-post-from-graham-bartlett-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">A guest blog post from Graham Bartlett as part of National Crime Reading Month</a></h2> 696 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 697 <p>31 May, 2023</p> 698 </div> 699 <p>To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]</p> 700 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/a-guest-blog-post-from-graham-bartlett-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Read more</a></div> 701 </div> 702 703 704 705 706 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 707 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/unexpected-detectives-in-fiction-a-guest-blog-post-from-christina-koning-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Unexpected Detectives in Fiction – A guest blog post from Christina Koning as part of National Crime Reading Month</a></h2> 708 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 709 <p>26 May, 2023</p> 710 </div> 711 <p>To celebrate National Crime Reading Month (June 2023) we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the […]</p> 712 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/unexpected-detectives-in-fiction-a-guest-blog-post-from-christina-koning-as-part-of-national-crime-reading-month/">Read more</a></div> 713 </div> 714 715 716 717 718 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 719 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/buried-treasure-a-guest-blog-post-from-mike-hollow/">Buried Treasure – A guest blog post from Mike Hollow</a></h2> 720 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 721 <p>2 May, 2023</p> 722 </div> 723 <p>To celebrate the publication of The Camden Murder in paperback this month, we asked Mike Hollow to share a guest blog post on his writing process. Back in the days when I was teetering on the brink of parenthood, it used to be said that the average British family had 2.4 children. I never met […]</p> 724 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/buried-treasure-a-guest-blog-post-from-mike-hollow/">Read more</a></div> 725 </div> 726 727 728 729 730 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 731 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/edward-marstons-railway-detective-series-welcomes-its-21st-addition-death-at-the-terminus-a-guest-blog-post-from-edward-marston/">Edward Marstonâs Railway Detective series welcomes its 21st addition, Death at the Terminus â A guest blog post from Edward Marston</a></h2> 732 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 733 <p>5 April, 2023</p> 734 </div> 735 <p>Our Author of the Month for April is Edward Marston, author of the Rail
735way Detective series. This month, we celebrate the publication of the 21st book in the series, Death at the Terminus. In this blog post, he reflects on the origins of the series and his love for steam engineering. Death at the Terminus […]</p> 736 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/edward-marstons-railway-detective-series-welcomes-its-21st-addition-death-at-the-terminus-a-guest-blog-post-from-edward-marston/">Read more</a></div> 737 </div> 738 739 740 741 742 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 743 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/the-children-of-war-a-guest-post-from-jacqueline-winspear/">The Children of War – A guest post from Jacqueline Winspear</a></h2> 744 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 745 <p>3 March, 2023</p> 746 </div> 747 <p>Jacqueline Winspear is our Author of the Month for March 2023. To coincide with the publication of her stand-alone mystery, The White Lady, we are pleased to share a guest blog post from Jacqueline Winspear on the children of war. âEvery war is a war against the child.â Eglantyne Jebb, 1876-1828, founder of the Save […]</p> 748 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/the-children-of-war-a-guest-post-from-jacqueline-winspear/">Read more</a></div> 749 </div> 750 751 752 753 754 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 755 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/my-writing-process-the-little-voice-inside-me-a-guest-post-from-natalie-jenner/">My Writing Process: The Little Voice Inside Me – A guest blog post from Natalie Jenner</a></h2> 756 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 757 <p>3 February, 2023</p> 758 </div> 759 <p>Natalie Jenner is our author of the month for February 2023. To celebrate the publication of Bloomsbury Girls in paperback this month, we are pleased to share a guest blog post from Natalie Jenner on her writing process. Listening to an excerpt from the audiobook of my novel Bloomsbury Girls, my editor asked me whose […]</p> 760 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/my-writing-process-the-little-voice-inside-me-a-guest-post-from-natalie-jenner/">Read more</a></div> 761 </div> 762 763 764 765 766 <div class="col-12 post_excerpt"> 767 <h2><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/taking-it-on-the-chin-a-guest-post-from-liz-webb/">Taking it on the chin – A guest blog post from Liz Webb</a></h2> 768 <div class='news-post-full-date'> 769 <p>18 January, 2023</p> 770 </div> 771 <p>To celebrate the publication of Liz Webb’s The Daughter in paperback this week, we asked Liz to reflect on her experience as a debut author. Taking it on the chin: even in a sea of 5-star reviews, a 1-star review still stings! If you look up any book you love, there will be 5-star reviews, […]</p> 772 <div class="read-more"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/taking-it-on-the-chin-a-guest-post-from-liz-webb/">Read more</a></div> 773 </div> 774 775 776 <nav class="navigation posts-navigation" aria-label="Posts"> 777 <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> 778 <div class="nav-links"><div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://www.allisonandbusby.com/blog/page/2/" >Older posts</a></div></div> 779 </nav> </div> 780 </main> 781 </div> 782 <div class="col-md-3 col-lg-2 col-sm-12 col-12 right-sidebar-blog"><section id="block-38" class="widget widget_block"> 783<ul class="wp-block-social-links aligncenter has-small-icon-size items-justified-center is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex"><li class="wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook wp-block-social-link"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allison-Busby-Books/51600359534" class="wp-block-social-link-anchor"><svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><path d="M12 2C6.5 2 2 6.5 2 12c0 5 3.7 9.1 8.4 9.9v-7H7.9V12h2.5V9.8c0-2.5 1.5-3.9 3.8-3.9 1.1 0 2.2.2 2.2.2v2.5h-1.3c-1.2
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