All posts in Writing
The next big test for me is on the doorstep: events in German. Up until now all the 70+ book readings, talks and presentations have been in English
A new look for a new book
Welcome to the new world of Swiss Watching! To celebrate the arrival of the German edition, my blog and website have been combined and re-designed.
Watch out Ostschweiz, here I come!
St Gallen, Winterthur, Wetzikon and Chur. What do they have in common, other than being on the far side of Switzerland from Bern?
A double celebration for Swiss Watching
Two years old today. This blog, that is, not me. And with perfect timing the first translation of the book has been finished
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A writer’s life is never dull
September 20, 2011, No comments‘How does it feel to be a full-time writer?’ That’s what I get asked these days. Or ‘When is the German edition coming?’
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A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 CommentsFriday 13th. Not always a date that is appreciated by everyone but this particular Friday 13th is one I’ll remember for a while.
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One blog, 150 posts & 100,000 visitors
April 28, 2011, 6 CommentsI couldn’t have planned it better if I’d tried. This is the 150th post on this blog, and at 22.42 last night the number of visitors passed the 100,000 mark.
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Swiss Watching is back on tour!
March 15, 2011, No commentsSpring has sprung, the bears are out and the chocolate fest (aka Easter) is on its way. All that means one thing: Swiss Watching is hitting the road again.
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Montana & Mississippi, where are you?
December 9, 2010, 11 CommentsRecently I added a flag counter. I know it’s a bit geeky but I rather like seeing all the flags from the countries where people have read these pages.
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A Number 1 bestseller
December 5, 2010, 8 CommentsHow does it feel to have written a bestseller? A customer asked me that last week, but it’s a question I found quite hard to answer.
My Books
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 Comments -
Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 26 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 25 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 25 Comments -
A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 Comments
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Switzerland at Eurovision
May 26, 2012, 1 Comment -
When is a car not a car?
May 18, 2012, 16 Comments -
A tale of two citizenships
May 9, 2012, 20 Comments -
It’s rubbish in Switzerland!
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Flying Doctors of Switzerland
April 27, 2012, 1 Comment
