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 #406
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, announce the 2025 Nonfiction Reader Challenge, hit the ground running with the Crossing Continents Challenge 2025, focus on past posts deserving to be read and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Wedding in Moominland
A small selection of pictures from our Moomin-themed wedding to whet your appetites.
Winding Up the Week #391
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.
Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson #ToveTrove
My contribution to Moomin Week and the latest addition to the Tove Trove Library.
Winding Up the Week #388
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look at two features published in recognition of Tove Jansson’s 110th birthday, begin the countdown to #MoominWeek and highlight fascinating features from across the Internet.
Winding Up the Week #384
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.
TOVE TROVE: Introduction & Books #ToveTrove
My latest literary project entails reading books written by or about Tove Jansson – creator of the Moomins.
Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words: The Authorised Biography #ToveTrove
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.