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  • After the War

Inspiration for writing D-Day Dog

April 29, 2019 tompalmer

Check out my Guest blog over on A Library Lady’s webpage

D-Day Dog by Tom Palmer – The inspiration for the story

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    Tarn grapples with the loss of her brother at Dunkirk as she faces the threat of Nazi invasion in the Cumbrian countryside in this gripping wartime tale.

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  1. Leicester City FC Author Day

    August 3, 2023 tompalmer

  2. More films about how I researched and wrote “Resist” here

    Film:Audrey Hepburn at War

    August 24, 2022 tompalmer

  3. I hope this will help keen readers and budding writers!

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    January 21, 2022 tompalmer

  4. I’m reading all of D-Day Dog to our dog Finn

    June 9, 2020 tompalmer

  5. Q&A with Sheringham Community Primary School pupils about Secret FC.

    March 7, 2018 tompalmer
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