MENU

Currently browsing bookshop

Are you ready for me in German?

April 23, 2012, 1 Comment

The next big test for me is on the doorstep: events in German. Up until now all the 70+ book readings, talks...

LEARN MORE ›

A big thankyou – and the tour goes on

September 9, 2010, No comments

Even as someone who uses words for a living, it’s hard to describe what last night – the event at Stauffacher –...

LEARN MORE ›

When author meets audience

September 4, 2010, 5 Comments

    Writing can be lonesome work sometimes. Just you, your thoughts and your computer. At some stage, the circle broadens a little...

LEARN MORE ›

Swiss Watching on tour!

August 30, 2010, 5 Comments

The time has come for Swiss Watching to go on the road (well, rails actually as I don’t have a car). This...

LEARN MORE ›

The day I sold my baby for the first time

May 22, 2010, 2 Comments

How does it feel to sell your baby to strangers? Anyone overhearing that question from a colleague yesterday must have thought we...

LEARN MORE ›

This post will change your life, or maybe mine.

May 18, 2010, 2 Comments

The thing about working in a bookshop, especially an English Bookshop in a non-English-speaking country, is that you get to know your...

LEARN MORE ›

ABOUT DICCON

As well as grappling with German grammar, re-learning to cross the road properly, and overcoming my innate desire to form an orderly queue, I have spent the last few years exploring the bits of Switzerland I’d never heard of before. And eating lots of chocolate.

The result was Swiss Watching, the book that became a bestseller. This website carries on from that, with facts and photos about Switzerland, and my insights and thoughts on Swiss life.

CONNECT

Follow on Facebook

Follow on Twitter

Subscribe by RSS

Contact me directly

© 2024 All Rights Reserved. Designed by Global Solutions Inc.