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Heather Reyes

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Hello. I'm Heather Reyes - writer, editor, publisher,' Londoner'.

I'm co-founder of Oxygen Books and have edited all nine of the volumes in our city-pick series of travel anthologies.

Before setting up Oxygen Books in 2008, I had published a range of things - children's stories, poetry, short stories, articles, and a novel (Zade, Saqi Books 2004). Now that Oxygen Books is ticking over, I'm getting back to some of my own writing again. My novel Miranda Road and two non-fiction books, An Everywhere: a little book about reading and Bookworms, Dog-Ears & Squashy Big Armchairs: A Book Lover's Alphabet, published in 2014, was Reader's Digest Christmas Book of the Month which was very exciting!

This summer my 'fiftysomething' novel Perfectly Fine is ...more

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The Timeless Beauty of Venetian Masquerade Masks

Venetian masquerade masks are far more than decorative accessories; they are symbols of a centuries-old artistic tradition rooted in imagination, craftsmanship, and cultural heritage. Their history stretches back to the days of the Venetian Republic, when anonymity became a form …

The post The Timeless Beauty of Venetian Masquerade Masks first appeared on storiesfromthecity.co.uk.

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	An Everywhere: A Little Book About Reading 3.57 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Berlin (City-Lit Series) by Heather Reyes (Goodreads Author), Katy Derbyshire (Editor), Tamsin K. Walker (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris 3.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookworms, Dog-ears & Squashy Big Armchairs: A Book Lover's Alphabet 3.85 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	London (City-Lit Series) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miranda Road 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amsterdam (City-Lit Series) 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venice really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Istanbul 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St Petersburg (city-pick series) by Heather Reyes (Goodreads Author), James Rann (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Reading is for pleasure; it’s not another form of social competition. Leave those literary Joneses to it.”
― Heather Reyes, Bookworms, Dog-Ears & Squashy Big Armchairs: A Book-Lover's Alphabet

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