Titus Alone revisited

Olivia Laing, over athe Guardian blog site, has a great piece on the underrated Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake.
It tends to be forgotten against Titus Groan and Gormenghast but she argues that its possibly more interesting because it confronts the horrors of war directly. I found it disjointed and unfinished when I read it but […]

Quentin Blake meets Hogarth

Quentin Blake, the children’s illustrator, meets Hogarth Brown, a budding young artist, in this video on the Guardian site.
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Eoin Colfer talks pirates

Pirate fans will probably enjoy the podcast with EoinColfer on the Guardian booksite as he talks about his love of the Treasure Island.
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