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Copies of Forest Brothers now for sale in Estonia

Should anyone in Estonia want to purchase copies of Forest Brothers, please get in touch via the comments section of this website. I am able to distribute them without international charges. Either collect for 8.50 EU or by Eesti postage for 12.00 EU. Your order query won’t be posted on the site! I will just […]

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A quick visit to Tallinn Airport library (Tallinna Lennujaam)

Geraint Roberts – sügavalt Eestisse kiindunud Wales'i kirjanik – kinkis eile Tallinna Lennujaama raamatukogule oma… Posted by Tallinn Airport / Tallinna Lennujaam on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 Last Monday, I popped into Talinn Airport to donate a copy of Forest Brothers. The facebook link is above! The idea is travellers can pick up (or donate) a […]

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A brief insight into how the Estonians retained their independent spirit throughout the Soviet occupation

http://estonianworld.com/culture/david-drummond-on-the-singing-revolution-at-tedx-houses-of-parliament-2013-uk/   – A truly wonderful tribute to the Estonian independent spirit during the darker Soviet times. I recommend you listen, it is history we chose to ignore at the time

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Back in Tallinn (Apologies for punctuation – an Estonian keyboard that I am not used to!)

I am over in Estonia on a short visit. It is nice to see the old wooden buildings as we drive past. It is a shame some never seem to get restored, it is structures like that and the really beautiful medieval centre that makes Tallinn. Dodging trams and trolleybuses and generally german made cars, […]

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I now appear on the Writers of Wales website!

http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/143354/desc/roberts-geraint/ Available for weddings, bar-mitzvahs, cabaret…

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You want to go where?

‘It’s a swamp, why do you want to go there?’ ‘There’s a memorial, to a battle. A pretty famous one, can you tell me where it is?’ And so I end up searching the google map for a village called Ardu, a name that deserves to have a whisky christened after it, and down some […]

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What next after ‘Forest Brothers’?

There are ideas running around in my mind for the next project. I have a few Welsh based novels either ready or at some level of completion. However, the story around Forest Brothers and the interest in Estonia has been such, it would be a shame not to keep the momentum going. I’ve therefore embarked […]

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Why did I choose Estonia for a novel setting?

I have recently released a novel called ‘Forest Brothers’, based in Estonia and I am asked a lot these days why I chose this setting. Certainly, I have no connection by birth or ancestry to the country. I am from Wales, hardly a neighbouring land. However, I have been married to an Estonian girl for […]

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Forest Brothers gets spammed!

And don’t worry, I didn’t click on any of the links. You are not at risk! Tell me, does this mean I am doing well, that I get this kind of attention?  🙂 This month has seen a sudden rise of spam coming through to both this website and the facebook page. Seriously, why bother? […]

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Why I write, by a British Rambler aka Geraint Roberts

http://s104.photobucket.com/user/kaygreen/media/MVI_6560_zpsa75a9f21.mp4.html A short interview where I am asked how I prepare a novel