“Had I but time, -as this fell sergeant, death,Is strict in his arrest, – O! I could tell you -But let it be..” The Shakespearean tragedy carves out the poignant and dramatic transfo… more →
Literary Jewelswrote 3 days ago: One of the highlights of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2013 for me has been discovering … more →
wrote 1 week ago: Stepping out of our comfort zone is always good, so this week I have a guest who has published a nov … more →
wrote 1 week ago: In the photo at right, Paul Newman reads THE GARRICK YEAR, a 1964 novel by British author Margaret D … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Today is the last day of our literary tour of the British Isles. For now. I have read about Cornwall … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: By now, I would imagine that some readers are getting tired of hearing about my journeys through Vic … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Today, readers, we are embarking on a journey to Cumberland in the United Kingdom, relatively close … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: “Iping? Where in the world is Iping?” Avid readers of “famous scientific fantasies … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: The long list of 46 entries out of 1149 original ones has been released today. Sadly I’m not o … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I have a feeling that some readers will interpret the title of this post as a reference to Jane Aust … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: From the Kitchen of Half Truth by Maria Goodin (Sourcebooks Landmark; 352 pages; $14.99). When I was … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Jaime Boler: Did you always want to be a writer? Maria Goodin: Yes, among other things. I am quite c … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: London is a location that could come from a variety of novels. The one I am writing about today is O … more →
wrote 1 month ago: I was really really hoping this was Ian Somerhalder’s biography that I happened across, but al … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The files that make up this blog post are a twinkle in a data farm somewhere in the US. My books are … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Cantankerous, bloody-minded retired John Rebus is back… not as a Detective Inspector in the Ed … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Title: How To Be a Woman Author: Caitlin Moran Source: library Rating: ★★★★★ Review Summary: Parts o … more →
wrote 2 months ago: …Well, sort of. I’ve been writing things for years, but a kindred spirit at XO Jane UK g … more →
wrote 3 months ago: A few quotes on the love of books from British and Irish authors in honour of “I love to Read … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about.” Rudyard Kipling, Letters from the Ea … more →