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Category Archives: Writing
Habits Makes It Sound Disreputable
On December 20th, the Pew Research Center‘s Internet & American Life Project released a thought provoking study of “Reading habits in Different Communities” in the United States. It appears that only 78% of Americans ages 16 and older report reading … Continue reading
Posted in Books, ebooks, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Comparison of e-book readers, E-book, Library, Pew Research Center
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A letter from Santa Claus
Illustration by Dave Thomson A Letter From Santa Claus My Dear Susy Clemens, I have received and read all the letters which you and your little sister have written me … I can read your and your baby sister’s jagged … Continue reading
It’s A Very Dickensian Christmas
Following an extensive eight month, £3 million restoration and redevelopment project, London’s Charles Dickens Museum reopened on December 10th just in time to celebrate a Dickens Christmas and to top-off the Dickens 2012 Bicentenary year festivities. The beloved author’s Bloomsbury … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism, Writing
Tagged Charles Dicken, Charles Dickens Museum, London, Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist
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A Christmas Miracle (almost)
The English North Yorkshire town of Malton seems a likely place to figure in a Charles Dickens tale and this year it does. When residents of the old Roman town learned that a rare specially bound and signed copy of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged Charles Dicken, Christmas Carol, Malton, North Yorkshire, Selina Scott
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The True Way Is Along A Rope
Are you a Kafka fan? Do you love animation like a kid craves Saturday morning cartoons? If you do, set aside twenty minutes to absorb this fantastic Japanese animated film version of Franz Kafka‘s cryptic story A Country Doctor directed by Koji … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Asia, Books, Writing
Tagged A Country Doctor, Animation, Franz Kafka, Kōji Yamamura
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Fables for Living
Readers with a proclivity for short-form fiction will relish Electric Literature. This uber-cool multimedia literary magazine can be read on mobile devices, e-readers or even in traditional, old-fashioned paper format. Publishing for three years, Electric Literature commissions work from contemporary … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Books, ebooks, Tech, USA, Writing
Tagged Electric Literature, Literature, Publishing
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Underground Books
By now most bibliophiles have participated in, or at least heard about, bookswapping programs. The latest book give-away scheme is London’s Books on the Underground. All that’s necessary to be a participant is to visit the project website, request some … Continue reading
What’s On Your List ?
If you follow this blog, I think that it’s safe to assume that books are high on your holiday gift-giving (and getting) lists. So, I thought that it would be appropriate to share some links to end of the year … Continue reading
How Many Have You Read ?
I never finished Infinite Jest, nor have I read any of David Foster Wallace’s other overvalued twaddle, but I found Goodread’s infographic a hipster lit flowchart quite entertaining. The inclusion of Open City and Leaving the Atocha Station, two other … Continue reading
Borrow One If Necessary
Tomorrow, December 1st, marks the third annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day. More than 1,000 bookshops in North America, along with stores in the U.K. and Australia, will be hosting special events to celebrate young readers. Many bookstores … Continue reading
