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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Spread the Word / World Book Day – last chance to vote
As I write this there are less than three hours to go before voting closes on the shortlist for THE Book to Talk About 2008 award. If you’d like to vote for Speaking of Love, go here. Or click on … Continue reading
Booking Through Thursday
Who is your favorite female lead character? And why? (And yes, of course, you can name more than one . . . I always have trouble narrowing down these things to one name, why should I force you to?) There … Continue reading
Jallaludin Rumi, 13th-century poet
The Guest House This being human is a guest houseEvery morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meannessSome momentary awareness comesAs an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them allEven if they’re a crowd of sorrowsWho violently sweep your … Continue reading
Posted in dark thoughts, Jallaludin Rumi, meet them all laughing, The Guest House
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Books and Myths
Ali Smith has written a wonderful book for the Canongate Myths series (a wonderful series, too) called Girl meets boy. The book sets ‘Ovid’s most joyful metamorphosis’, the story of the man-woman Tiresias, in the twenty-first century. I’ve just read … Continue reading
Posted in Ali Smith, books, Canongate Myths, Girl meets Boy
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Booking through Thursday
All other things (like price and storage space) being equal, given a choice in a perfect world, would you rather have paperbacks in your library? Or hardcovers? And why? My father used to throw paperbacks away … and I rescued … Continue reading
Posted in Booking Through Thursday, hardbacks, paperbacks
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A love letter from Dr Iannis on Valentine’s day
When Dr Iannis’s beloved daughter, Pelagia, returns from a meeting with Captain Corelli, she tries to pretend to her father that she hasn’t met Corelli. But she knows that her father knows that she has. Dr Iannis doesn’t talk about … Continue reading
Posted in Captain Corelli, Dr Iannis, heart, love, Pelagia, Valentine's day
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Book reviews … to blog or not to blog …
… is a very interesting question. And there’s a very interesting post about it all over on Vulpes Libris which I’ve only just discovered – from dovegreyreader – all about whether blogging book reviewers are the saviours of small publishers, … Continue reading
Posted in book bloggers, book reviews, dovegreyreader, remaindered, review for Speaking of Love, Spread the Word, thank you, vulpes libris
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Spread the Word some more …
On 4 February Richard Lea listed, on the Guardian Unlimited’s Arts Blog, the ten books on the Spread the Word shortlist under the heading: ‘What Goes into a “Book to Talk About”?’ Then he wonders why ‘the Kennedys, Enrights, Adichies … Continue reading
Posted in debate, Spread the Word, The Book to Talk About, World Book Day
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Spread the Word
Speaking of Love has been shortlisted for World Book Day’s The Book to Talk About award. It’s very exciting … . You can see the ten books on the shortlist here; you can comment on and vote for the ten … Continue reading