Daily Archives: January 28, 2008

ODNB’s January additions

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography have added Joan Aiken (of the fabulous Wolves of Willoughby Hall fame), Anthony Buckeridge (of the Jennings school boy stories) and Norman Thelwell (whose pony images are to die laughing for) to the online … Continue reading

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NY Times on Brian Selznick’s obsessions

Brian Selznick, whose The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Amazon) won the Caldecott Medal earlier this month, is that wonderful of beings: the slightly off-centre obsessed geek and it shows in his great novel. Hugo – an orphan, thief and clockmaker … Continue reading

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