Blogs about: Carol Shields

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Winners of the Orange Prize for Women's Fiction

toniwhitmont wrote 1 month ago: Has anyone out there read An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay? Kay has just picked up the Orange Awa … more →

Tags: Fiction, Literary Prizes, An Equal Stillness, Ann Patchett, Bel Canto, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Francesca Kay, Gilead, Home

Weekly Geeks 2009-188 comments

thatsthebook wrote 2 months ago: This week, take us on a literary tour of your hometown!Do you live in a place where a famous author … more →

Tags: points to ponder, Weekly Geeks, 56 Water Street, Margaret Atwood, Melissa Strangway, Michael Ondaatji, Not Wanted on the Voyage, Spadework, Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Labyrinth of love, no hedges

ecriturefemme wrote 2 months ago: When I love someone, boy, I don’t hide it. Not one bit. And, most folks who know me know I h … more →

Tags: Women, Academia, Feminism, criticism

Brutus in real life

Kandy wrote 2 months ago: People often ask me did I base my dog Brutus in Love is a Four-Legged Word on a real dog. My muse Br … more →

Tags: 1, Brutus, Love is a Four-Legged Word, terrier, writers' inspiration

book discussion guide: small ceremonies1 comment

alison wrote 2 months ago: Our Boxed Lunch Book Club meets tomorrow from 12-1.  This month we are discussing Carol Shields n … more →

Tags: Books, boxed lunch book club, Book Club, book discussion guides, Small Ceremonies

*Unless2 comments

Lilian Nattel wrote 3 months ago: Unless: A Novel by Carol Shields My review This is a gem. Although as a mom, I thought I’d f … more →

Tags: Fiction, unless

in opposition to hagiography.

scott lefaive wrote 5 months ago: i’ve been thinking a lot about the fact that we lack agency in posthoumously appointing a biog … more →

Tags: Greensboro, not safe for mom (nsfm), jarvis cocker, prepare the lightning bolts

Dr Who Night

dawnwing wrote 5 months ago: My Bookshelf My goal today was to stay busy, and I decided to sort out my bookshelf. I began around … more →

Tags: Dr Who, Billie Piper, Books, Short Stories, Alice Monroe, vintage cook books, World War 2

New Year, New Books

elladk wrote 6 months ago: Oh dear, I didn’t mean to go silent for so long again, there were lots of things I wanted to w … more →

Tags: Books, Affinity Bridge, An Angel At My Table, Company of Liars, Ender in Exile, george mann, Happenstance, janet frame, Karen Maitland

goldenrod and the 4-h stone.

scott lefaive wrote 7 months ago: 1. last week a stuffed animal, pencillin, arrived from giant microbes for my mom. she’s allerg … more →

Tags: Greensboro, not safe for mom (nsfm), sufjan stevens, unnecessary plug for trader joe's

Austen Tattler: News and Gossip on the Blogosphere3 comments

Laurel Ann wrote 9 months ago: “All that she wants is gossip, and she only likes me now because I supply it.” Marianne … more →

Tags: Austen Tattler, Cassandra & Jane, Chawton House library, Claire Tomalin, Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Dominic Cooper, Go Gothic with Northanger Abbey, Hayley Atwell, Jane Austen

What was Jane Austen really like? Reading Tomalin and Shields4 comments

Arti wrote 9 months ago: You are invited to vote on the poll question:  Which Austen heroine do you think Jane was most like? … more →

Tags: Quotes, Reviews, Jane Austen, Books, writing, Reading, Literature, Pride and Prejudice, northanger abbey

ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: Carol Shields in “A View from the Edge of the Edge.” Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordina … more →

Tags: women's writing

Shields, a sign for GOODNESS

ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: Shields’ obituary on NPR and also a previously recorded interview with Shields primarily discu … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Synchronicity17 comments

Diane wrote 1 year ago: When I was a little girl aged 9, one of my best friends was a boy called Andrew. He lived just down … more →

Tags: Books, Families, humour, Illustration, Interesting Facts, Movies, Places, Travel, videos

"Block Out" Excerpt

ecriturefemme wrote 1 year ago: “Maybelle brought her blocked husband smoked fish wrapped in butcher’s paper. Also wond … more →

Tags: writing

Book review - Carol Shields: The Stone Diaries

Nathan Hobby wrote 1 year ago: The main character is Daisy Goodwill, and it’s not exactly a diary. But Stone refers to the su … more →

Tags: Book Review, rating: 8/10

Carol Shields, Unless

rmaitzen wrote 2 years ago: A recent talk with a good friend sent me back to my bookshelf to revisit Carol Shields’s Unles … more →

Tags: George Eliot, Feminism

Shields in Pink!

ecriturefemme wrote 2 years ago: Studying the various covers used for The Stone Diaries is interesting. My favorite one is the f … more →

Tags: Shields, women's lit


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