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‘Wicked Baby’: A Tale Retold

Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Profumo Affair, Updates, tagged , , , , , on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I was surprised – and flattered – to find my 2004 novella, Wicked Baby, listed in the bibliography to this book which accompanied the 2010 exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, Christine Keeler: My Life in Pictures. The catalogue includes photographs of Keeler – the iconic model at the centre of 1963′s Profumo Affair – and [...]

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Posted in Updates, tagged on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Dear Readers, Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year! 2011 has been a year of change for me. I’ve been writing lots of non-fiction (as you’ve probably noticed), and have also made progress on my third novel. 2012 promises to be eventful – I’ll be turning 40 in June. Watch this space… [...]

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Welcome!

Posted in Updates, Welcome on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Welcome to the website for Tara Hanks, author of The Mmm Girl and Wicked Baby. About Me Books

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‘A Queen in Her Own Realm’

Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged , , on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I’ve written a guest post for British Pathé Blog, focussing on archive footage of Marilyn Monroe.

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Bookish Birthdays: Kate Chopin

Posted in Books, Fiction, Updates, Websites, tagged , , on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

My profile of Kate Chopin – born on this day in 1850 – is published at For Books’ Sake, ‘an intelligent but irreverent website featuring books by and for independent women.’

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‘Save Our Libraries’ Day

Posted in Books, Updates, tagged , on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today is a UK-wide day of protest against the proposed cuts to public libraries. I have been a library user since I was a little girl, and I still visit at least once a week, to borrow books for myself and my children. Libraries educate, and entertain us, and our country will be poorer without [...]

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‘Fragments’ Review Goes to Print

Posted in Books, Magazines, Marilyn Monroe, Updates, tagged , , , on February 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m a little late in posting this. My review of Fragments, last year’s collection of Marilyn Monroe’s personal writing (which you can also read here), has been published in the December 2010 issue of Mad About Marilyn magazine. It is an outstanding edition, also featuring an article comparing Marilyn with her peer, actress Kim Stanley, [...]

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Merry Christmas Everyone!

Posted in Updates on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Wishing you a very happy holiday and all the best in 2011. Photo by Fraser Penney

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Brighton Writes

Posted in Brighton, Updates, Websites, Writing, tagged , on September 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Brighton Writes is a new blog from me, in association with Creative Future, a charity for marginalised artists and writers. I’ll be covering news from the region – and beyond – on the arts, with a special emphasis on literature, getting your voice heard and also mental health and related social issues. If this sounds [...]

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Rambling Rose

Posted in Profumo Affair, Updates, Websites, Wicked Baby, tagged , , , , on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve recently set up yet another blog, this time on Tumblr – an informal affair, where I post snippets of the words, pictures and music that inspire me on a daily basis. This morning I was thrilled to discover this rare photograph of Christine Keeler in The Guardian, part of an exhibition dedicated to the iconic [...]

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