Author Archives
Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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MARM 2019: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
For this year’s Margaret Atwood Reading Month, I reflect on the author’s 1969 proto-feminist debut novel.
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#Winding Up the Week #94
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Paul Auster Reading Week and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Barmouth Book Cellar
A visit to a secret book snuggery by the sea.
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#Winding Up the Week #93
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce The House of Mirth Readalong, look forward to The Paul Magrs Reading Challenge and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THE CLASSICS CLUB: Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel imagines a future American society where books are forbidden and ‘firemen’ burn those that are found.
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Winding Up the Week #92
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, anticipate AusReadingMonth, look ahead to the 1920 Club, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #91
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Margaret Atwood Reading Month, view a vid and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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1930 CLUB: Le Bal by Irène Némirovsky
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1930 Club.
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Winding Up the Week #90
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #89
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to A Vampire at Notre-Dame readalong and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #88
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to the 1930 Club and Nonfiction November, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THOUGHTS ON: The Testaments
Margaret Atwood’s sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ begins fifteen years after Offred makes her final appearance in the original novel. I share my thoughts on this highly anticipated dystopian tale.
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Winding Up the Week #87
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to German Literature Month IX in November and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #86
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, stay updated on the Tove Trove project, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #85
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOK REVIEW: Starling Days
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s novel is a grim story of loneliness, isolation and unhappiness, played out between London and New York.
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Winding Up the Week #84
This week we look at books read and reviewed, anticipate Witch Week, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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THOUGHTS ON: The Abbess of Crewe
A razor sharp, wickedly humorous and surreal satire of a real life political scandal – reimagined within the claustrophobic walls of an English convent.
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Winding Up the Week #83
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, pause for a podcast and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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BOOKS AND BOATS: A Passage to Honfleur (Part One)
Over the course of two posts, I will share with you some of the highlights of a recent trip, with a special emphasis on all things literary. The first part of my journey took me over the Irish Sea to Dublin.
