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Diane Wordsworth

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in Solihull, The United Kingdom

March 09

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Diane Wordsworth was born and bred in Solihull in the West Midlands when it was still Warwickshire.

Her work has appeared worldwide. Primarily a broadcast journalist, she also edits and proofreads books and magazines.

She started to write for magazines in 1985 and became a full time freelance photo-journalist in 1996. In 1998 she became sub-editor for several education trade magazines and started to edit classroom resources, text books and non-fiction books.

In 2004, Diane moved from Solihull to Yorkshire, where she edited an in-house magazine for an international steel company for six years.

She now lives in with her husband, and still edits and writes on a freelance basis.

Diane is currently exploring an A to Z of Yorkshire with her husband ...more

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Friday 27 February 2026: Bye, bye, Hawley 💙

Gosh, yesterday was busy. I thought Tuesday and Wednesday had been busy, but along came Thursday, saying, ‘hold my coat!’ The day started with the poet opening his presents and...

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Average rating: 3.92 · 48 ratings · 32 reviews · 119 distinct works

	A History of Cadbury 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	The Life of Richard Cadbury: Socialist, Philanthropist & Chocolatier 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 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
	Night Crawler (Marcie Craig mystery Book 1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 7 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
	Tales from Baggins Bottom: best bits book two 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015	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
	Twee Tales Too 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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
	Twee Tales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	Tales from Baggins Bottom: best bits book one 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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	Diary of a Scaredy Cat: a year in the life of a frightened writer (Wordsworth Writers' Guides Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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

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Diane Wordsworth wrote a new blog post Friday 27 February 2026: Bye, bye, Hawley 💙 Gosh, yesterday was busy. I thought Tuesday and Wednesday had been busy, but along came Thursday, saying, ‘hold my coat!’ The day started with the poe Read more of this blog post »
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Diane Wordsworth rated a book liked it Christmas Kitten Chaos (Mira Michaels Mystery) by Julia Koty (Goodreads Author)	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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Diane Wordsworth rated a book really liked it Coming Home to the Windmill by the Sea (Welcome to Anglesey #3) by Caroline Young	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
Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance copy of COMING HOME TO THE WINDMILL BY THE SEA by Caroline Young. This is Book 3 in the WELCOME TO ANGLESEY series, but it was my first literary trip to the island. Beth and ...more
Sep 26, 2024 06:18AM · like · see review
Diane Wordsworth wants to read Pulse Pounders (Fiction River, #11) by Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author)	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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Diane Wordsworth liked Autumn's review of A History of Cadbury: "This book is a great piece of history on the Cadbury family and how they grew their business to the empire it is today. Even if you do not like non-fiction or history, you will find this book extremely interesting, in my opinion. It does not just tel" Read more of this review »
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Diane Wordsworth liked Kerrie Hoar's review of A History of Cadbury: "This is a very interesting and thorough history of the first 100 years of the Cadbury company and its founders. Scattered throughout are many vintage postcards and photos of various chocolate boxes and the factory workers producing early chocolate i" Read more of this review »
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Diane Wordsworth liked Anjana's review of A History of Cadbury: "Once I got into the groove of reading this book, it took me a surprisingly short time to finish it. It was surprising because I had started it over a year ago and had not made significant progress then. I must say my review copy had missing letters, " Read more of this review »
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