Author Archives
Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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Winding Up the Week #443
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce both Club 1925 and Margaret Atwood Reading Month, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #442
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce German Literature Month 2025, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #441
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Nonfiction November 2025, reveal an exciting new book-about-books, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #440
This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #439
Returning this week after a short break, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, announce Novellas in November 2025 and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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– Three Things + #8: Summer Summation
This sporadic post covering all manner of things I’ve recently read, watched and done is where I hold forth on matters both serious and silly. You are invited along for the ride.
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Winding Up the Week #438
This week I announce another brief break coming up, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #437
This week we bring the August Moomin celebrations to a close, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson #ToveTrove
My latest addition to the Moomin shelf of the Tove Trove library is the eighth book in the original series, first published in 1965.
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Winding Up the Week #436
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Short Story September, keep up with literary anniversaries, focus on a past post deserving to be read, talk some more about the Moomins and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Panicked Note!
With all the excitement of Moomin Day and Tove Jansson’s birthday celebrations last Saturday, I neglected to mention I will be away for most of this week, which means no wind up until 23rd August!
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Winding Up the Week #435
This week we celebrate Moomin Day and the birth of Tove Jansson in 1914, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #434
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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A Word in Your Shell-Like… #ToveTrove
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my thoughts on Tove Jansson’s first book after the Moomins, her adult short story collection, ‘The Listener’.
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Winding Up the Week #433
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Paperback Book Day, announce the publication of a very special book, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #432
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #431
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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All’s Fair in Love and Work #ToveTrove
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my reflections on ‘Fair Play’, Tove Jansson’s “happy tales about two women”.
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Winding Up the Week #430
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with literary anniversaries, welcome the debut of This Week in Aus Lit and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #429
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the publication of a new novel by a member of our community, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.