Thursday, September 07, 2006

The Whispering Knights - Penelope Lively

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Penelope Lively's The Whispering Knights is more of a novella than a novel, as it's not 100 pages long. The book's title comes ...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Fourth Bear - Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde's The Fourth Bear is the sequel to The Big Over Easy (although it's only a loose sequel - it's possible to read ...

Firefly Quote of the Week

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Mal : So, she's added cussing and hurling about of things to her repertoire. She really is a prodigy. ("Safe", Season 1) (I ra...
Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Star Dancer - Beth Webb

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Beth Webb's Star Dancer is the first book in a quartet of novels set during the Iron Age of Britain. The Goddess has warned the druids ...
Monday, September 04, 2006

Sectus 2007 - Harry Potter Conference

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I'm on the Harry Potter for Grown Ups mailing list and I've just received details of the Sectus 2007 conference. This is an unoffici...
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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Blogger Beta Update

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OK, on the basis that it helps to know at least a little of what's going on, I've had word that some people are having trouble in po...
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Five Children and It film

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Yesterday I finally got around to borrowing the movie of Five Children and It from the library. I've been meaning to watch it ever sinc...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Apologies

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I just want to apologise for any weirdness on my Blog (and over on the Scholar's Blog Spoiler Zone) - Blogger's Beta is not working ...
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Scholar's Blog Spoiler Zone Update

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There's a review of Terry Pratchett's Wintersmith (the third in the Tiffany Aching series) over on the Scholar's Blog Spoiler Z...
Friday, September 01, 2006

Poetry Friday 16

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Two weeks ago, I mentioned Ted Hughes' Collected Poems for Children - and said I'd have to get it from the library. Well it arrived...
Thursday, August 31, 2006

Voices - Ursula Le Guin

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Ursula Le Guin's Voices is the sequel to Gifts , which I reviewed in December. In the year in which 17 year old Memer was born, a fore...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Astercote; A Stitch in Time - Penelope Lively

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I'm starting to detect a trend with Penelope Lively's books: she's an author who likes to have her characters travel in time - m...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

A New Look

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You may notice some changes around here in the next few days - I've moved my Blogs over to Blogger Beta - allowing me new customised lay...
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Firefly Quote of the Week

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Jayne : What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air! ("Out of Gas", Se...
Monday, August 28, 2006

Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic

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If you've ever considered reading the essay collection Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic edited by R...
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Sunday, August 27, 2006

The Diamond of Drury Lane - Julia Golding

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Julia Golding's debut novel, The Diamond of Drury Lane was the winner of the Ottaker's Children's Book Prize 2006, and it seems...
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff

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I have Kelly, of Big A, little a , to thank for having Meg Rosoff’s How I Live Now to read. This book was the winner of the Guardian Childr...

The Edge of the Forest - August issue

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The Edge of the Forest is back from its summer break, and the August issue is now online . You'll find the usual reviews of Picture book...
Friday, August 25, 2006

Poetry Friday 15

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This week I'd like offer a poem which I find picturesque - I can visualise the scene described in this poem. Composed Upon Westminster B...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Live Chat with Garth Nix

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The Live Chat with Garth Nix is taking place as I type this, and I got permission from Garth to share the following with you. Lady Friday (...
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