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One of the most unexpected, but actually the most gratifying, things that has come directly from running a blog (and Other Stories has just passed its third blogular anniversary) is the sense of community amongst book bloggers the world over. There are so many people I am now in regular email contact with because of the blog, and I [...]
I freakin’ love Black Books. For those not in the know, it’s a sitcom starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, and Tamsin Grieg, who are individually brilliant as well as being an excellent ensemble. Channel 4 has prevented people like me from embedding clips from YouTube, so you’ll have to click on this link to see [...]
November 23, 2009 in bookshops, places, television
Tagged bill bailey, black books, bookshops, dylan moran, london, london review bookshop, lrb, tamsin grieg, the waves, virginia woolf
Tagged bill bailey, black books, bookshops, dylan moran, london, london review bookshop, lrb, tamsin grieg, the waves, virginia woolf
Two weeks after having handed in the dissertation the pain is fading. Suddenly I’m looking back on the whole thing very fondly, instead of remembering the fact I was tearing my hair out with stress/panic in the last few weeks. Is academia like they say childbirth is like? You forget the pain? I don’t know.
What [...]
Via Bookbrunch, I see that the shortlist for the £10,000 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize has been announced. The prize is awarded to that book which best evokes the spirit of a place. The nominees are:
Pollard by Laura Beatty
The Gate of Air by James Buchan
The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller
Selected Poems [...]
May 12, 2009 in history, prizes, victorian history
Tagged london, Ondaatje Prize, Sarah Wise, victorian
Tagged london, Ondaatje Prize, Sarah Wise, victorian
This is another book that I read for my essay on physiognomy, degeneration, and the London slums at the Fin de Siecle, alongside The Nether World. While in terms of pure literary merit I think that Gissing’s novel outstrips A Child of the Jago easily, this novel is incredibly effective as a barely fictionalized account [...]
March 30, 2009 in fiction, review, victorian literature
Tagged a child of the jago, arthur morrison, books, london, victorian
Tagged a child of the jago, arthur morrison, books, london, victorian
I’ve had a few days away from the computer, largely thanks to having friends to stay and an essay to work on. And normally I wouldn’t talk about a book until I had finished it, but this time I just couldn’t help myself. And anyway, I’m only two chapters from the end. This weekend I [...]
March 16, 2009 in fiction, review, victorian literature
Tagged books, george gissing, london, the nether world, victorian
Tagged books, george gissing, london, the nether world, victorian
I’m a few days late to this one, but Fleur Fisher recently tagged me in this photo meme.
“Find your 5th photo file folder, then the 5th photo in that file folder. Then pass the meme to 5 people.”
Here’s my photo:
It’s not the greatest photograph ever taken, and I’m sure experts will balk at the lack [...]
I meant to post these photos weeks ago, but I kept forgetting to transfer them from camera to computer. On the Sunday after my birthday last month, we decided to go through to London for the day just to have a bit of a wander around. We only live an hour away after all, and [...]
March 5, 2009 in fiction, places
Tagged london, peter cook, south bank, the establishment club, world book day
Tagged london, peter cook, south bank, the establishment club, world book day
My, I was a lucky girl this birthday. Not only did I receive a huge pile of books from various lovely people, but I was also given a wad of book tokens, which I of course immediately went out and spent in their entirety. It’s a non-fiction bonanza this year. Witness:
From John, my beloved, I [...]
February 18, 2009 in auto/biography, feminism, fiction, history
Tagged birthday, books, history, london, mary wollstonecraft
Tagged birthday, books, history, london, mary wollstonecraft
Bedlam, Bethlem Royal Hospital, must surely be one of the most famous hospitals in the world. It’s been around, one way or another, since 1247 and is infamous as a lunatic asylum. In this surprisingly short book (277 pages) Catharine Arnold maps the history of the hospital itself against the history of the ways in which the [...]
January 16, 2009 in history, review
Tagged bedlam, catharine arnold, london, madness, royal bethlem hospital
Tagged bedlam, catharine arnold, london, madness, royal bethlem hospital
Not the TV Book Group
Sun 07 Feb: Brodeck's Report - Philippe Claudel
Sun 21 Feb: The Girl with the Glass Feet - Ali Shaw
Sun 07 Mar: Vanessa and Virginia - Susan Sellers
Sun 21 Mar: The Illusionist - Jennifer Johnston
Sun 11 Apr: Skin Lane - Neil Bartlett
Sun 25 Apr: The Boys in the Trees - Mary Swan
Sun 09 May: A Short Gentleman - Jon Canter
Sun 23 May: Fledgling - Octavia E. ButlerReading Challenge
The Equality Illusion - Kat Banyard
The Women's Room - Marilyn French
Letters from a Fainthearted Feminist - Jill Tweedie
Ideala - Sarah Grand
Singled Out - Virginia Nicholson
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education - Jane Robinson
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Color Purple - Alice Walker-
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