Epic-mania in the Global Reading Group: How It All Began We all have those books, right? The ones that are…
Epics on a Global scale
‘Milton’s Paradise Lost and Seamus Heaney’s Translation of Beowulf have been neglected. My new challenge is to work on finishing…
Poetry Challenge 2013
The poetry challenge A year ago today I was planning my poetry challenge. As a reluctant poetry reader the challenge…
The curious world of Bizarro
A couple of weeks ago I read a copy of Chris Kelso’s A Message from the Slave State and experienced…
What I talk about when I talk about the pain in my bones
A wee while ago I read Haruki Murakami’s inspiring memoir ‘What I talk about when I talk about running‘ for…
I Luv Paris (with exceptions) #3 – August or Fermeture Annuelle
Bonnes vacances à toutes et à tout I returned to Paris on the 2nd of August after a short trip…
I Luv Paris (with exceptions) #2 – Tenements and Tents
According to Wikipedia two million people live within the twenty inner city arrondissements of Paris, twelve million live in the…
A Writer’s Paradox
It is the time I wait for and the time I dread. That magical time when I can write The…
I Luv Paris (with exceptions) #1 – Le Petit Commerce
I don’t know if this is true all over Paris but in 14ème arrondissement Le Petit Commerce is thriving. By that…
Marginalia
This time last week I had no idea that scribbling on books had a name but week three of my poetry challenge…
