I return to the Finnish archipelago for Tove & Moomin Month with my latest addition to the Tove Trove library – a reading of ‘The Summer Book’, Tove Jansson’s portrait of a grandmother, a granddaughter and the small island where they spend a single summer.
My latest contribution to the Tove Trove Library is ‘Letters from Tove’, a substantial collection of letters written by Tove Jansson to her closest friends and loved ones during her life.
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my reflections on ‘Fair Play’, Tove Jansson’s “happy tales about two women”.
As part of the ongoing Tove Trove project, I share my musings on Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä’s ‘Notes from an Island’.
A very Happy New Year to everyone! Welcome to the final wind up of 2021.
I recently joined a live stream to watch ‘Tove and Tooti in Europe’ – a rarely shown documentary of Tove Jansson and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä’s travel footage.
This week we look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, look forward to the 1954 Club, pause for a pod, 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.
My latest literary project entails reading books written by or about Tove Jansson – creator of the Moomins.