Monthly Archives: November 2009
Home is where the literature is?
I read Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union (Fourth Estate, London 2007) which I’ve had on the reading pile since it came out. There are many elements that I perhaps don’t understand or see yet but the abiding reference is … Continue reading
A wild rumpus -The Wild Things by Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers The Wild Things is a retelling of the Maurice Sendak book that dovetails and segues from the forthcoming Spike Jonze film. Rather than trying to retell a classic story, Eggers explores what the Wild Things are and how … Continue reading
The joyous tale of the Brothers Grossbart
Just a quick note but I’ve just finished Jesse Bullington‘s The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart for review in Interzone. Although I don’t want to pre-empt what I’ve just written for the review before it appears, this is one … Continue reading
George MacDonald and the English Romantics
The latest Children’s Literature and Youth Culture Colloquium (CLYCC) talk was given by Bill Gray on George MacDonald and the influence of English Romanticism on his writing, called “At the Back of George MacDonald: Romanticism, Fairy Tales and the ‘Redemptive … Continue reading
Supernatural ballgames – Anne Rice’s Angel Time
It has been a while since I’ve read any Anne Rice novels. I loved Interview with the Vampire and still think it is a masterpiece and a brilliant novel of faith, a crie de couer that worked through the death … Continue reading
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Pictorial cultures – a day at IBBY
I went, partially, out of curiosity to the IBBY conference at Roehampton at yesterday which was themed around Graphic Novels and comics. I find it slightly odd going to these events as I’m not a professional scholar/researcher nor do I work … Continue reading
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It’s done
Just finished, at long last, the first draft of my first book. Now on to the second draft (after a short break)
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