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Blogger, theatre goer, nature lover and an avid reader of books.
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Winding Up the Week #423
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce a Fuller Summer, look forward to the 1925 Club, focus on a past post deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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What is Finland? #ToveTrove
A brief flip through the English-language edition of ‘This is FINLAND 2025-26’ – a magazine filled with fascinating articles, including several about Tove Jansson and her Moomin characters.
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Winding Up the Week #422
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, announce Reading the Meow 2025, give the heads up on a Don Quixote readalong, look forward to 20 Books of Summer 2025 and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #421
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, solicit your thoughts on Short Story Week, boast about being featured in Triple Choice Tuesday, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #420
It’s Easter and 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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Three Things… #6
This sporadic post covering all manner of things I’ve recently read, watched and done/thought 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 #419
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the start of the 1952 Club, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #418
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, announce a brief break and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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An Island of Note #ToveTrove
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my musings on Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä’s ‘Notes from an Island’.
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Winding Up the Week #417
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #416
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week for Women #415
This week we celebrate International Women’s Day, look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Wyrd & Wonder 2025 and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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A Poem by Gillian Clarke for #ReadingWales25
Since it is the first Sunday in March, as well as the second day of Karen’s month-long Reading Wales 2025 event, I will share a poem written by Gillian Clarke about the joys of rising early one Sunday morning before turning to the daily papers and there finding news of war, famine, cruelty and terrorism.
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Winding Up the Week #414
This week we celebrate St David’s Day and the start of #ReadingWales25, 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 #413
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the start next month of Reading Wales 2025, 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 #412
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look ahead to March Magics 2025, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Three Things… #5: The Mashup
After a six-year hiatus, I return with my sporadic post covering all manner of things I’ve recently read, watched and done with my days. However, this time it is less an inflexible, orderly list than a selection of variegated observations. For now, at least.
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Winding Up the Week #411
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, spill the beans on a furtive Moomin happening, introduce the Jane Austen Book Club, announce Reading Ireland Month 2025, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #410
At the start of a new month we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, make an exciting announcement regarding Dewithon 2025, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
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Winding Up the Week #409
This week, as the UK weathers Storm Éowyn, we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, direct you to the Agatha Christie Short Stories Read Along 2025, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.