This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including Robinson Crusoe Day, National Library Lover’s Month and National African American Read In), focus on a past post deserving to be rediscovered and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, issue a call out for potential Paris in July hosts and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Collaborative book blogging: my contribution to the 1920 Club.
Brought back into print by Pushkin Press, Madeleine Bourdouxhe’s 1944 short story collection highlights the lives of conflicted female characters in beautiful prose.
A moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language.
One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the world in 80 days – and he is determined not to lose!