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Category Archives: Interviews
A paler shade of blue – Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
As a curio, I read Melissa de la Cruz‘s Blue Bloods, the first of the Blue Blood YA vampire series. I’m certainly not in the right market (wrong sex, too old) but the book does worry me slightly. The blue … Continue reading
Le Guin interviewed by Oregon Live
A list I’m on had a link to this interview with Ursula le Guin on the Oregon Live website. Le Guin talks about the Google books settlement which she calls the “Google books grab” but the thing which shocked me … Continue reading
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AS Byatt in the Looking Glass
AS Byatt has an interesting article on Alice in the Guardian as the film opens in the UK on March 5th. As she muses, she comes up with the idea that Alice and her other favourite childhood books are so … Continue reading
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CLYCC talk list posted
Just a quick note to mention that the new term list for the Oxford Children’s Literature and Youth Culture Colloquium series of seminars has now been posted. I’ve presented and been to a couple of these and they really are … Continue reading
Making things – Cory Doctorow’s Makers
I’ve started catching up on some favourite authors who I’d put down whilst trying to finish my own book and finally got around to reading Makers by Cory Doctorow. Right from the top, I think this is Cory’s best novel … Continue reading
New Russell Hoban books on the horizon
Catching up at the moment and heard that Russell Hoban has a new children’s novel coming from Walker books in 2011 called “Soonchild”. The Ocelot Factory website has further details and carries a very brief extract (three paragraphs) but it … Continue reading
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
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
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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A Gothic elegance – Michelle Zink interviewed about Prophecy of the Sisters
I’ve raved about Michelle Zink‘s Prophecy of the Sisters before on the blog as one of those really pleasant surprises. She kindly answered some questions about the book and future plans having just come off tour in the US. What … Continue reading
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