Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES

Artist & Author of Press 2020) Themes #SELondon, #family #deptford #identity
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[Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES @AlexPaintings]

Thanks to Legend Press for putting together this vid for my novel #HELENANDTHEGRANDBEES!
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I loved her. It circled in the air that I loved her.

She would scream at me, my beautiful little bee.
Screaming Bee.

A teenage mother, carrying everything alone.

🎧 Helen and the Grandbees:
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When I first heard the audiobook, I was startled by the tone.I had thought of the character as someone seeking optimism — but something darker came through. It made me realise how much of a novel sits outside the writer’s control. https://t.co/jreP9PxbjQ #AmWriting

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Not dramatic unhappiness—
just a persistent sense that something isn’t settled.

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“They took her away from me for good after three weeks” - extract from Helen and the Granbees

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“The press called it uplifting.

The narrator said she relished the darker tone.”

I’m still not sure which is more accurate.

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The sunflower of the book cover wept with fallen petals.

But on the furthest corner the petals were bright and vital.

It took me a while to realise the sunflower was Helen.

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Judge my cover, judge my book.

When I was emailed the cover for Helen and the Grandbees, I readied myself for disappointment...

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[Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES @AlexPaintings]

Helen and the Grandbees is now available as an audiobook.
20yrs Helen is forced to give up her baby.
Now there’s a knock at the door — and Lily is standing there.
“Uplifting and engaging.” — Daily Mail

You can listen free here:
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[Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES @AlexPaintings]

Is the place you grew up somewhere you understand — or somewhere you only learn to see years later?

“I persisted in believing that there was a picture in the seeming emptiness of the land.”

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[Alex Morrall, Art, Author of HELEN & THE GRANDBEES @AlexPaintings]

“There were three people in the relationship now.
Each breath, each pause, each intonation brings implication.”

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At what point does listening stop being reading?
And what changes when a third voice enters the relationship between reader and writer?

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How do we know a book is ours before we’ve really read it?

Covers&blurbs promise certainty — but the books that stay rarely announce themselves so clearly.

A few thoughts on reading, trust, and choosing books slowly.
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What makes a book stay with us after we’ve passed “the end”?

Plot? Prose? Or characters we quietly live alongside?

I wrote about immersive reading — and why the blurb never answers this question ↓
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Stuck for books to bring to your book group?
The following authors all have #BookGroup worthy reads for you to take a look at….
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By all means, let me know if you are discussing one of mine. I’d happily drop in and talk about its inspirations and themes.

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Last day to check out these free books! https://t.co/AkpTGmqYfJ

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This list of FREE high quality writing books includes Tom Stewart’s award winning “Immortal North” which I enjoyed reading last year… click to get your copy!

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My review of "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" by @jonasjonasson on https://t.co/eiDkTCgDbR
'It's his past as bomb-scientist and the escapades throughout the 20th Century that specialism leads him to that mostly make the book enjoyable.'#BookReview

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Available only until the end of the month…

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My Review of "Beware of Pity" by @StefanZweig -
"Every beat of the novel hits an entirely credible note in human nature and I was astonished to find that the novel has not dated poorly at all."
Read more of my reviews over on https://t.co/eiDkTCgDbR
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