Looking for something in particular? Here you can dig through my archives by year, month or title.
May 2008 (11)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 11: Presque vu LVI (0)
- 10: A Book To Change Your Life (0)
- 09: The Blank Page by KC Constantine (0)
- 08: Gary Snyder (0)
- 07: Mean Streets (0)
- 06: Where Is Schiller? (1)
- 05: Secret Lives of Cities (0)
- 04: Presque vu LV (0)
- 03: Happy-Go-Lucky (1)
- 02: Preaching in the Desert (2)
- 01: Tagged Unread (1)
April 2008 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Footnotes Like Skyscrapers (0)
- 29: A Waste of Time (3)
- 28: Death of a Murderer by Rupert Thomson (1)
- 27: Presque vu LIV (0)
- 26: Five Years (0)
- 25: Which Story Should You Tell? (2)
- 24: Zimbabwe - Time to Act (0)
- 23: The Original of Laura (1)
- 22: Write Every Day (3)
- 21: Equus by Peter Shaffer (4)
- 20: Presque vu LIII (0)
- 19: The First Brit (1)
- 18: Breaking The Page Barrier (2)
- 17: Something to Declare (0)
- 16: Chekhov and Tolstoy (1)
- 15: Two Poems from Tomas Tranströmer (1)
- 14: Cheaper than war (0)
- 13: Presque vu LII (1)
- 12: Deus Absconditus (2)
- 11: Six Words (1)
- 10: Who’s Afraid of Bette Davis? (0)
- 09: What you reading, darling? (1)
- 08: Protesters like Moths to a Flame (3)
- 07: Roots and Wings (0)
- 06: Presque vu LI (0)
- 05: June - a poem - a massacre - a torch (2)
- 04: Beyond Sleep by WF Hermans (2)
- 03: People will stop writing? (6)
- 02: Royal Academy - The Russian Paintings (1)
- 01: Not For Long (0)
March 2008 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: We Don’t Want To Go To China (1)
- 30: Presque vu L (1)
- 29: The World’s Smallest Poem? (4)
- 28: Her Voice Is Full Of Money (0)
- 27: The 39 Steps (2)
- 26: Dickens’ Will (5)
- 25: Easter Morning (1)
- 24: God Save The Queen - Only He Can (7)
- 23: Presque vu XXXXVIIII (2)
- 22: Public Lives/Private Lives (1)
- 21: Characters from a bad novel (1)
- 20: Tom’s News (2)
- 19: Giosuè Carducci (0)
- 18: A Poem by Jane Kenyon (0)
- 17: The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín (2)
- 16: Presque vu XXXXVIII (1)
- 15: Anne Enright on China and Censorship (0)
- 14: Writers at the Brussells Tribunal (0)
- 13: Friends, Romans, countrymen, give me your attention (2)
- 12: A New Home In London? (1)
- 11: Readers Looking For Literature? (0)
- 10: Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (3)
- 09: Presque vu XXXXVII (2)
- 08: Stealing Books (3)
- 07: Carol Ann Duffy (1)
- 06: Bringing Love to the World - American-Style (0)
- 05: What Do You Expect? (1)
- 04: Literary Magic (5)
- 03: American Pastoral by Philip Roth - a review (1)
- 02: Presque vu XXXXVI (0)
- 01: Salman Rushdie’s Brush with Security (3)
February 2008 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 29: Robert Frost Unplugged (1)
- 28: There Will Be Blood (0)
- 27: Earthquake (0)
- 27: York Literature Festival (0)
- 26: The Short-Sighted Super Hero (0)
- 25: A Joke (2)
- 24: Presque vu XXXXV (0)
- 23: Ambience (4)
- 22: Himmler - Speaking To His Own (0)
- 21: The Shakespearean Scholar of Sarajevo (0)
- 20: Sounds Like a Good Book (1)
- 19: Women at Work (4)
- 18: Nothing to be done - Godot revisited (3)
- 17: Presque vu XXXXIV (0)
- 16: A Poem by John Crowe Ransom (0)
- 15: Jeanette Winterson (6)
- 14: The Confessions of a Semi-Successful Author (1)
- 13: Zadie Smith (2)
- 12: Public Lending Right (1)
- 12: How Many Plots Are There? (1)
- 11: Nineteen Forty One (0)
- 10: Presque vu XXXXIII (0)
- 09: The James Patterson Factory (6)
- 08: Death’s Side of the Bed (0)
- 07: The Joy of Writing by Wislawa Szymborska (1)
- 06: Things Fall Apart (0)
- 05: Tourists and Chips II (0)
- 04: The Afghan Who Dared Read About Women’s Rights (3)
- 03: Presque vu XXXXII (0)
- 02: Envy (0)
- 01: Fictional Character (1)
January 2008 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: George Orwell - Bookshop Memories (2)
- 30: The Periodic Table by Primo Levi - a review (2)
- 29: The Waitress Calls Me Luvie (3)
- 28: Church of the Arts (1)
- 27: Presque vu XXXXI (1)
- 26: Copyright and Pirates (1)
- 25: I’m Not There - film review (2)
- 24: Dear Senator Edwards: (1)
- 23: How To Get Published (1)
- 22: Eloquence (1)
- 20: Abuse of Innocence (0)
- 20: Presque vu XXXX (1)
- 19: Telling Lies (2)
- 18: I Couldn’t Bring Myself To Care About (1)
- 17: Scared to Death (3)
- 16: Waiting for Galatea (2)
- 15: What Was Postmodernism? (0)
- 14: The First Pole (0)
- 13: Presque vu XXXIX (0)
- 12: Tears Trickle (2)
- 11: On not winning the Nobel Prize (0)
- 10: In The Wake by Per Petterson - a review (0)
- 09: Banned Books in the UK (2)
- 08: US Elections - change is the key (5)
- 07: Bullies, Muggers, Sneak Thieves, and Con Men (2)
- 06: Presque vu XXXVIII (0)
- 05: Butterflies (4)
- 04: Kenya (3)
- 03: Writing - an uncomfortable feeling? (3)
- 02: Sharing the Nobel Prize (1)
- 01: Joey’s Case by KC Constantine (0)
December 2007 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Changing Geography (3)
- 30: Presque vu XXXVII (1)
- 29: Tourists and Chips (0)
- 28: Pudd’nhead Wilson’s on the Phone (3)
- 27: A Poem By Tom Leonard (2)
- 26: The IGnobel prize (1)
- 25: Christmas Morning (1)
- 24: New Shoes (1)
- 23: Presque vu XXXVI (1)
- 22: Gerd & Henri’s Goose (0)
- 21: I Blog, therefore . . . (1)
- 20: Bali - Climate Change (2)
- 19: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman - a review (2)
- 18: The Clintons (4)
- 17: Willy Maley, Scottish Poet (0)
- 16: Presque vu XXXV (4)
- 15: A Writer’s Notebook XI (2)
- 14: Melt the Guns (1)
- 13: Shooting in the Dark - a review (1)
- 12: Afterwards by Rachel Seiffert - a review (0)
- 11: Church Newsletters - Proof-Reader Wanted (3)
- 10: Not Just Bibles (2)
- 09: Presque vu XXXIV (1)
- 08: A Writer’s Notebook X (1)
- 07: A Poem by Norman MacCaig (1)
- 06: Baghdad’s Book Market (0)
- 05: Mobile Phone Novels (1)
- 04: Hang ‘em High (3)
- 03: Sometimes You Just Have To Pee In The Sink (2)
- 02: Presque vu XXXIII (2)
- 01: A Writer’s Notebook IX (3)
November 2007 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Theodor Mommsen (3)
- 29: Cultural Anxiety (4)
- 28: Why Don’t You Stop Talking by Jackie Kay (0)
- 27: Write What You Know? (0)
- 26: No More Heroes (4)
- 25: Presque vu XXXII (0)
- 24: A Writer’s Notebook VIII (3)
- 23: War on Terror (0)
- 22: Poet in New York (2)
- 21: The Sweetest Thing by Fiona Shaw (1)
- 20: Bennett to Amis: Shame on Us (2)
- 19: The Police At The Door (0)
- 18: Presque vu XXXI (1)
- 17: A Writer’s Notebook VII (1)
- 16: Don’t know how I ever managed to get her . . . (1)
- 15: British Blogs (1)
- 14: Rimbaud - the one who got away (1)
- 13: JM Coetzee - Five Books for Critics (1)
- 12: Girl Blog from Iraq (1)
- 11: Presque vu XXX (0)
- 10: Norman Mailer Dies (0)
- 10: A Writer’s Notebook VI (3)
- 09: Literary TV (1)
- 08: Ceramic (2)
- 07: National Library of the Year awarded to Prison Library (0)
- 06: A Poem by Dennis O’Driscoll (2)
- 05: Naipaul as Hatchet Man (0)
- 04: Presque vu XXIX (0)
- 03: A Writer’s Notebook V (2)
- 02: What is Reading? (4)
- 01: Persona - review (1)
October 2007 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: A Half Life Of One by Bill Liversidge - a review (3)
- 30: Bad Product Awards (1)
- 29: An Old French Poet (0)
- 28: Presque vu XXVIII (0)
- 27: A Writer’s Notebook IV (1)
- 26: Coffee in Tehran (0)
- 25: Exchanging Stories (0)
- 24: Paris, Je T’aime - a film (1)
- 23: Are You She? Review (1)
- 22: Do You Write Under Your Own Name? (1)
- 21: Presque vu XXVII (1)
- 20: A Writer’s Notebook III (0)
- 19: UK Complicit in US Torture Programme? (1)
- 18: Rik Mayall - Poetry (0)
- 17: Short Stories and Novels (2)
- 16: The City and the House by Natalia Ginzburg - a review (0)
- 15: Burma, Writers and Censorship (1)
- 14: Presque vu XXVI (0)
- 13: Character Blogs (3)
- 12: A Writer’s Notebook II (4)
- 11: Nobel Prize in Literature 2007 (2)
- 11: Myanmar (Burma) Today (3)
- 10: Philip Roth Talks To Hermione Lee (0)
- 09: Treating Deportees (2)
- 08: Amis and Eagleton (2)
- 07: Presque vu XXV (0)
- 06: Novice Monks in Myanmar (Burma) (1)
- 05: Agatha’s Anti-Novels (0)
- 04: Desmond Tutu Banned from Minnesota University (2)
- 03: Havoc, In Its Third Year by Ronan Bennett - a review (0)
- 02: Organising Books (5)
- 01: Blonde on Blonde (0)
September 2007 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Presque vu XXIV (1)
- 29: A Writer’s Notebook I (1)
- 28: Prigs (1)
- 27: Papa’s Place (0)
- 26: Take a Woman Like Your Kind To Find the Man in Me (1)
- 25: Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) - Review (3)
- 24: It’s Perfectly Normal (6)
- 23: Presque vu XXIII (0)
- 22: The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibin (3)
- 21: The Seventh Seal - review (1)
- 20: Durham Literature Festival (1)
- 19: Interview with F Scott Fitzgerald (1)
- 18: Go Down Moses by William Faulkner (0)
- 17: Let’s Clean Up Fashion (5)
- 16: Presque vu XXII (0)
- 15: Faith in the System? (0)
- 14: Macbett by Eugene Ionesco (1)
- 13: The Poems in Che’s Green Notebook (3)
- 12: China (2)
- 11: Pavarotti (0)
- 10: Bookish Blog Links (0)
- 09: Presque vu XXI (4)
- 08: Creating a Text - Brian McGilloway (0)
- 07: Creating a Text - Bill Liversidge (0)
- 06: Creating a Text - L. Lee Lowe (0)
- 05: Creating a Text - Dick Jones (0)
- 04: Creating a Text - Penelope Farmer (1)
- 03: Creating a Text - Declan Burke (0)
- 02: Creating a Text - Erin (0)
- 01: Creating a Text - Paul Sutherland (0)
August 2007 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Creating a Text - Paula Grenside (0)
- 30: Creating a Text - Sarah Salway (0)
- 29: Creating a Text - Derec Jones (0)
- 28: Creating a Text - Iain Rowan (0)
- 27: Creating a Text - Kate Harrison (0)
- 26: Creating a Text - Amanda Mann (0)
- 25: Creating a Text - Robert Wilson (2)
- 24: Creating a Text - Ann Marie (0)
- 23: Creating a Text - Carla Nayland (1)
- 22: Creating a Text - Debi Alper (0)
- 21: Creating a Text - Dee Rimbaud (0)
- 20: Creating a Text - Yvonne Eve Walus (0)
- 19: Creating a Text - Tobias Buckell (1)
- 18: Creating a Text - Sandra Scoppettone (1)
- 17: Creating a Text - Jenny Davidson (6)
- 16: Creating a Text - Lynn Viehl (0)
- 15: Creating a Text - Elizabeth Baines (1)
- 14: Creating a Text - Yang-May Ooi (1)
- 13: Creating a Text - Nicola Monaghan (0)
- 12: Creating a Text - Anne Frasier (0)
- 11: Creating a Text - Susan Helene Gottfried (0)
- 10: Creating a Text - Clare Dudman (1)
- 09: Creating a Text - John Harvey (0)
- 08: Creating a Text - Milly Johnson (0)
- 07: Creating a Text - Winston Churchill (2)
- 06: Creating a Text - John Fullerton (0)
- 05: Creating a Text - Kathleen Maher (0)
- 04: Creating a Text - Ann Cleeves (0)
- 03: Creating a Text - Cynthia Harrison (0)
- 02: Creating a Text - Julia Buckley (1)
- 01: Creating a Text - Andrew Taylor (3)
July 2007 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Creating a Text - John P Matthew (0)
- 30: Creating a Text - Robert Peake (3)
- 29: Creating a Text - Jason Evans (1)
- 28: Creating a Text - Ernesto Priego (3)
- 27: Creating a Text - M.E. Ellis (0)
- 26: Creating a Text - Michael Allen (2)
- 25: Creating a Text - Pearl Pirie (0)
- 24: Creating a Text - Peggy Payne (0)
- 23: Creating a Text - Rebecca Jane (0)
- 22: Creating a Text (1)
- 21: Presque vu XX (0)
- 20: Harrogate Crime Writing Festival (0)
- 19: Pride and Prejudice resubmitted (0)
- 18: Evil? I Don’t Think So. (2)
- 17: The Darkroom of Damocles by WF Hermans - a review (2)
- 16: Meet the World (0)
- 15: Presque vu XIX (0)
- 14: Can the President Pardon Himself? (8)
- 13: Translation and anachronism (6)
- 12: Elmore Leonard (3)
- 11: Bookarazzi (2)
- 10: The Novel Dies Again (3)
- 09: Most Searched for Books (2)
- 08: Presque vu XVIII (0)
- 07: (La Peste) The Plague by Albert Camus - a review (3)
- 06: King Lear with Ian McKellen (10)
- 05: La Vie En Rose (La Môme) - a review (0)
- 04: Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka (1)
- 03: The Satanic Verses & Rushdie’s Knighthood (0)
- 02: Photographer of Books (0)
- 01: Presque vu XVII (0)
June 2007 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Do Publishers Know Anything About Literature? (2)
- 29: Telling Stories (8)
- 28: He’s gone (4)
- 27: “Fame Exhausts Me” (0)
- 26: Is Poetry Less Literary Than a Novel? (3)
- 25: Diagnosing Lear (0)
- 24: Presque vu XVI (2)
- 23: A ‘Good News’ Story (5)
- 22: Customer Service Hell (0)
- 21: Change of Feed Address (0)
- 21: End In Sight In Corruption Murder (2)
- 20: Is Literature Supposed to be Convenient? (4)
- 19: What’s your PaSsWoRd? (1)
- 18: Did I Shave My Legs for This? (2)
- 17: Amnesty International & Turkey (2)
- 16: Best News of the Week (2)
- 15: Police action (4)
- 14: Bush Acting Strangely? - I Don’t Believe It (2)
- 13: The Tango (1)
- 12: Learning to Write XXXI (1)
- 11: Phil Beer & Miranda Sykes (0)
- 10: Bjork on Dylan (12)
- 09: Jesus Out to Sea (1)
- 08: A Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (2)
- 07: Cluster bombs (6)
- 06: Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson - a review (3)
- 05: McJob (2)
- 04: Tales of the Darkside - Pub Reading Groups (1)
- 03: Sky Arts Party at Hay (4)
- 02: Learning to Write at Hay (8)
- 01: Bits of Hay (0)
May 2007 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Have We Abandoned the Enlightenment? (4)
- 30: Jerry Falwell recincarnated in Poland; Tinky-Winky in trouble (1)
- 30: Firing Blanks at Hay (2)
- 29: What’s Left at Hay? (0)
- 27: Rain All the Way at Hay (3)
- 27: Rolling Hills and Weather at Hay (2)
- 26: Miss Havisham of Hay (2)
- 25: On the way to Hay (5)
- 24: Google buys Feedburner for $100,000,000 (1)
- 23: The Wonderful World of Dissocia (1)
- 22: (L’Étranger) The Outsider by Albert Camus - a review (11)
- 21: Jerry goes to Jesus (2)
- 19: Sylvia Plath on poems and novels (3)
- 18: Headline to Publish New Novel Online (2)
- 17: The Publishing Crap-Shoot (2)
- 16: Czeslaw Milosz and Solidarity (2)
- 15: Learning to Write XXX (2)
- 14: Google - the evil empire? (2)
- 12: Margaret Atwood on The Blind Assassin (3)
- 11: Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood (4)
- 10: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (1)
- 09: From a Scroll to a Book (4)
- 08: Translated Fiction Anyone? (0)
- 07: Learning to Write XXIX (5)
- 06: Design Fault in Apple’s iBook G4 (8)
- 05: Advertisers Rule - OK (1)
- 04: The Price by Arthur Miller - a review (2)
- 03: Sand Storm Author quits (4)
- 02: The Novel - more perspectives (0)
- 01: Learning to Write XXVIII (5)
April 2007 (33)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: The South by Colm Tóibín - a review (2)
- 29: The benefits of blogging (3)
- 28: Another interview (8)
- 27: The Lives of others (Das Leben der Anderen) - a film review (6)
- 26: The Novel and the Internet and an Old Trout (4)
- 25: The Tenderness of Wolves - a review (2)
- 24: MyLot Stealing Blog Content (16)
- 23: Learning to Write XXVII (4)
- 22: America still in denial over gun control (17)
- 21: America in denial over gun control (28)
- 20: Learning to Write XXVI (1)
- 19: In the Company of the Courtesan - Sarah Dunant (3)
- 18: Einstein’s Bees (12)
- 17: Master Juggler (2)
- 16: Paul Wolfowitz and Accountability (7)
- 15: Interview (6)
- 14: Kurt Vonnegut (3)
- 13: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf - the play (4)
- 12: More Loose Ends Than A Grass Skirt (2)
- 11: Dreaming for Writers (4)
- 10: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf - the text (2)
- 09: Bush and Blair (3)
- 09: Hints on Pronunciation for Foreigners (3)
- 08: How not to think for ourselves (4)
- 07: On the English Language (6)
- 06: Reading Crime Novels in Norway (11)
- 05: An old children’s rhyme (8)
- 05: Great Firewall of China (5)
- 04: Michael Dibdin dies (5)
- 04: Learning to Write XXV (13)
- 03: One Hundred Years of Solitude (3)
- 02: Eight rules for writing fiction (4)
- 01: Today’s nice story with Ribena (2)
March 2007 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Roll over Rebus (3)
- 30: The Cherry Orchard (5)
- 29: Comma Sutra T-shirt (7)
- 28: Institutionalized Creativity (17)
- 27: A poem by Wislawa Szymborska (8)
- 26: The Flowering Dream (3)
- 25: Dad is Baghdad (0)
- 24: Most Borrowed Authors (0)
- 23: Agassi’s ‘obscene’ advance (15)
- 23: Frieda Hughes Interview (5)
- 22: The American World (11)
- 21: Around the world in 100 books (2)
- 20: The responsibility of writers (8)
- 19: Restless by William Boyd - a review (0)
- 18: Mid-life crisis - half way through a novel (0)
- 17: Gabriel and Fidel (2)
- 16: The Seafarer - a review (0)
- 15: Saddest Books Revisited (28)
- 14: Thinking Blogger Award (28)
- 14: When you catch an adjective, kill it. (1)
- 13: Wordsy (1)
- 12: The Prison of National Vanity (0)
- 11: Boeuf en Daube á la Virginia Woolf (2)
- 10: Double-take event (1)
- 09: The Glass Menagerie - a review (3)
- 08: Manet to Picasso (0)
- 07: sheep (4)
- 07: The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett - a review (1)
- 06: Learning to Write XXIV (3)
- 05: She is me. (4)
- 04: Why ban poetry? (3)
- 04: Watching better movies (2)
- 03: Conservapedia (7)
- 02: Bush Lied (5)
- 01: New books for old? (4)
February 2007 (34)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Sylvia Plath & Tomato Soup Cake (6)
- 27: World Book Day in Harrogate (3)
- 27: It’s all right to attack a politician’s religion (5)
- 26: Pablo Neruda (1)
- 25: The EcoDepot (2)
- 25: Who is the greatest living writer in the UK? (4)
- 24: Go figure . . . (3)
- 24: Egyptian blogger sentenced to four years (2)
- 23: Learning to Write XXIII (1)
- 22: Still Here by Linda Grant - a review (1)
- 21: Omid Djalili (2)
- 20: The Mutt’s Nuts (3)
- 19: Out-takes XXVII (2)
- 18: Flanders & Swann (1)
- 17: Who is the greatest living writer of the British Isles? (7)
- 17: Mark Swinton at York Minster (1)
- 16: Accuracy, Spontaneity and Mystery (1)
- 15: Orhan Pamuk (4)
- 14: Learning to Write XXII (0)
- 13: Change of Policy at Grumpy Old Bookman (7)
- 13: East of Eden (0)
- 12: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán sometime minimalist cook (3)
- 11: The Top Ten (5)
- 10: Modern Library Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (15)
- 09: Blustering along (1)
- 08: Another Poem by Czeslaw Milosz (2)
- 07: Cars and Computers (3)
- 06: The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler - a review (2)
- 05: Please Stop Writing (4)
- 05: Plain English (0)
- 04: Learning to Write XXI (0)
- 03: Publishing Stats (3)
- 02: Zineb Sedira (1)
- 01: Out-takes XXVI (1)
January 2007 (43)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: The Queen (0)
- 30: Science and Reason (3)
- 29: Double Take (1)
- 29: Intoxicated (0)
- 28: Learning to Write XX (3)
- 27: Apple fights consumer rights (0)
- 27: The Arts’ Debate (1)
- 26: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (14)
- 25: A Poem by Czeslaw Milosz (4)
- 24: Out-takes XXV (1)
- 23: Harmful Books? (2)
- 23: god stuff (2)
- 22: Learning to Write XIX (0)
- 21: Simile & Metaphor (5)
- 20: A Poem (0)
- 19: Guantanamo (5)
- 19: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves - book review (2)
- 18: Out-takes XXIV (1)
- 17: Learning to Write XVIII (4)
- 16: World’s Problems Solved. Apply within. (5)
- 15: American KidLit (0)
- 15: Writing Awards (3)
- 14: Guantanamo: Stop this outrage (3)
- 14: Reigns of Terror (0)
- 13: British Independent Publishers Merge (0)
- 13: Catalan Seafood Paella (0)
- 12: Carlo Ponti dies (6)
- 12: Learning to Write XVII (1)
- 11: (almost) funny police story (3)
- 11: Out-takes XXIII (1)
- 10: Amazon Prices (2)
- 10: Reading eBooks (0)
- 09: Politics and the English Language (1)
- 08: To Siberia by Per Petterson - Book review (3)
- 08: Journalists face imprisonment for article on jokes (2)
- 07: Tillie Olsen (0)
- 07: Dancing Round Europe (0)
- 06: Learning to Write XVI (3)
- 05: Out-takes XXII (2)
- 04: Inexclusion (3)
- 03: Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson (4)
- 02: Presque vu XV (0)
- 01: Postcards of the Hanging (4)
December 2006 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Happy New Year (5)
- 31: Uniforms (1)
- 30: Learning to Write XV (6)
- 29: Out-takes XXI (0)
- 28: “My bread” - Virginia Woolf (4)
- 27: Presque vu XIV (1)
- 24: Christmas Eve (2)
- 23: Press Freedom Index (2)
- 22: Learning to Write XIV (7)
- 21: Politics, Real Life & the Crime Novel (2)
- 20: Jalaladdin Rumi (2)
- 19: Out-takes XX (0)
- 18: Improvident writers (7)
- 17: Flaubert’s Sweat (5)
- 16: Presque vu XIII (1)
- 15: Learning to Write XIII (6)
- 14: The Retreat from Common Sense (4)
- 13: Out-takes XIX (1)
- 12: General Pinochet (7)
- 11: Margaret Atwood - The Penelopiad (0)
- 10: Festival of Angels in York (6)
- 09: Presque vu XII (0)
- 08: Learning to Write XII (1)
- 07: Math and Mass (13)
- 06: Out-takes XVIII (2)
- 05: Presque vu XI (1)
- 04: Learning to Write XI (1)
- 03: Out-takes XVII (2)
- 02: Learning to Write X (1)
- 01: Re-reading JM Coetzee’s Disgrace (9)
November 2006 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Three Little Pigs (2)
- 29: The Page Turner - film review (14)
- 28: Presque vu X (2)
- 27: The History Boys - a review (6)
- 26: Learning to Write IX (6)
- 25: Angel of the North (5)
- 23: The stuff of dreams - RSC at Newcastle (1)
- 22: The Republic of Love by Carol Shields (3)
- 21: Out-takes XVI (0)
- 20: Presque vu IX (8)
- 19: Solveig Slettahjell and the Ilmiliekki Quartet (0)
- 18: Changing the past; a mission for the present (0)
- 17: Learning to Write VIII (3)
- 16: Blogging Problems (1)
- 16: At The Shed (2)
- 15: Out-takes XV (0)
- 14: The New Look (2)
- 13: Presque vu XIII (1)
- 12: Learning to Write VII (2)
- 11: Extract - Irony and Carol Shields (3)
- 10: Out-takes XIV (0)
- 09: Getting Started - a recipe (3)
- 08: Women - An Owner’s Manual (4)
- 07: Family Voices (3)
- 06: Presque vu XII (3)
- 05: Learning to Write VI (2)
- 04: Be Cool by Elmore Leonard - book review (1)
- 03: Knights and Detectives (1)
- 02: Out-takes XIII (0)
- 01: Presque vu XI (0)
October 2006 (31)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: Learning to Write V (2)
- 30: Books talking (3)
- 29: Out-takes XII (8)
- 28: Presque vu X (3)
- 27: Masks (6)
- 26: The Dutchess of Malfi (5)
- 25: Jane Austen by Carol Shields (5)
- 24: Edith Wharton & Biography (1)
- 23: Out-takes XI (0)
- 22: Presque vu IX (1)
- 21: Grumpy Old Bookman reviews Poet in the Gutter (1)
- 20: Careful! - a book review (4)
- 19: Bhagdad Burning (1)
- 18: Five Questions: John Baker (8)
- 17: Five things Feminism has done for me (5)
- 16: Five Questions: Lance Mannion (1)
- 15: Presque vu VIII (1)
- 14: Five Questions: Fernham (0)
- 13: Identity (4)
- 12: Five Questions: pas au-dela (1)
- 11: Free Hugs Campaign (2)
- 10: Five Questions: Mirkwood (0)
- 09: Presque vu VII (2)
- 08: Five Questions: Amp Power (1)
- 07: Four Fathers - a review (1)
- 06: Five Questions: Mystery Dawg (0)
- 05: The Writers’ Police (3)
- 04: Five Questions: The Cusp of Something (1)
- 03: The Perfect Egg - a book review (0)
- 02: Five Questions: Thumb Drives and Oven Clocks (1)
- 01: Presque vu VI (1)
September 2006 (30)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 30: Five Questions: Todd A (4)
- 29: Five Questions: Saving Carravagio (1)
- 28: The Sony Reader (16)
- 27: Lipstick (9)
- 26: Five Questions: The Cassandra Pages (0)
- 25: Modigliani and Chekhov (4)
- 24: Five Questions: Reading Matters (1)
- 23: Five Questions: The Narrator (1)
- 22: Out-takes X (0)
- 21: Five Questions: Demob Happy Teacher (0)
- 20: The Hour of the Star - a novel (1)
- 19: Five Questions: Hotel Solace (2)
- 18: Five Questions: Re:mote Voices (0)
- 17: Technology problems (0)
- 16: Five Questions: Syaffolee (0)
- 15: Presque vu V (5)
- 14: Five Questions: A Work in Progress (4)
- 13: The natural object (3)
- 12: Five Questions: Self-Winding (2)
- 11: Five Questions: House of Mirth (0)
- 10: That Book Meme . . . (4)
- 09: Five Questions: Books for Breakfast (0)
- 08: On being a writer . . . (3)
- 07: Five Questions: Rarely Likeable (0)
- 06: Five Questions: Under the News (0)
- 05: Volver - the film (1)
- 04: Five Questions: Southern Expressions (0)
- 03: Presque vu IV (3)
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