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Amanda Preston at LBA

Hangout: Do I need a literary agent?

You hear a lot about agents in the book publishing process, but what exactly do they do and do you need one? We hung out with Amanda Preston, of LBA Literary Agency, who gave us the run-down on how agents help writers, when in your writing process you should approach one, and what publishers are [...]

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Google+ Hangout: Getting healthy on a budget

  Be honest. Was one of your New Year resolutions to get healthy? And now we’re one month into 2013 how are you doing? Have your good intentions slipped? Don’t worry, it’s one of the most common traits and we spent 10 minutes today hanging out with Wendy Powell from MuTu System and Becky Goddard [...]

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BritMums Hangout: What are the “New” New Year’s resolutions?

Another great Google+ hangout tackling the diverse opinions for New Year’s Resolutions, we love them and we hate them at the same time. Cherry Healey joins us along with Helen Neale from Kiddy Charts, our working parent round-up editor, Josephine Middleton from Single Slummy Mummy and Mari from Mari’s World our BritMums editor. Where do [...]

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Hangout: What should the New New Year’s Resolutions be?

Many of us make New Year’s resolutions and often for women, resolutions have a familiar ring: lose weight, spend more time with the children, make ourselves better. But are there more modern resolutions we should focus on? We’re talking about The New New Year’s Resolutions at 10am on Tuesday 8 January with Cherry Healey. Watch [...]

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Maggy of Red Ted Art shares budget gift-wrapping tips

Video: Gift wrapping tips with Red Ted Art

Wrapping gifts doesn’t have to be stressful, wasteful or expensive. We hung out with Maggy from Red Ted Art and learned all her tricks for beautiful and easy gift wrapping that also gets the kids involved! Watch it now!  

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Breaking the Mould at Christmas: Jen speaks with Cherry Healey

BritMums co-founder Jennifer Howze hung out this week with Cherry Healey in her debut Cherry+ show. Also there was Reem Kanj and the women from Those Pesky Dames. Watch the show, which is all about Breaking the Mould at Christmas. Jennifer talks about whether the portrayal of mothers preparing for Christmas (women organising food and [...]

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Video: How to teach your children about money

Most parents agree: They want their children to have a good understanding of money and how to save and spend it – sometimes better than parents have had themselves. On Thurs 13 December BritMums bloggers from  Slummy Single Mummy, Kiddy Charts, and Rosie Scribble hung out with clinical child psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey to get advice and [...]

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Dr Elizabeth Kilbey

Google+ ON AIR Hangout: Teach your kids about money

Most parents agree: They want their children to have a good understanding of money and how to save and spend it – sometimes better than parents have had themselves. Join us on Thurs 13 December at 10am along with clinical child psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Kilbey to get advice and trade experiences on how to teach [...]

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