This week, I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce Doorstoppers in December, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
As part of my ongoing Tove Trove project, I have collated a selection of links to interesting Tovian websites, articles, artworks and other related English-language information resources. Keep popping back because this list will be growing.
The latest addition to the Moomin shelf in the Tove Trove library is the first book in the original series, published in 1945 during the final months of World War II. This year its 80th anniversary is being celebrated around the world.
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.
My latest addition to the Moomin shelf of the Tove Trove library is the eighth book in the original series, first published in 1965.
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’.
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my reflections on ‘Fair Play’, Tove Jansson’s “happy tales about two women”.
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.
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.
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.
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my musings on Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä’s ‘Notes from an Island’.
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, share a few thoughts on Tove Jansson’s ‘Tales from Moominvalley’, fondly recall a successful Moomin Week and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
My contribution to Moomin Week and the latest addition to the Tove Trove Library.
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to Moomin Week, which straggles the final week in August and the first in September, 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, announce Moomin Week 2024 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, prepare for Dewithon 20, announce the latest Tove Trove project happenings and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
My second Janssonian contribution to the Tove Trove Library is the sixth book in the Moomin series, first published in 1957.
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.
Tove Jansson, author of the Moomins and one of the great idiosyncratic talents of the 20th century, must surely have found her ideal biographer in Boel Westin.