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Tag Archives: books
WHY VAMPIRES WILL NEVER DIE
This week archaeologists in the Bulgarian town of Sozopol unearthed two skeletons dating from the Middle Ages. Both had pierced through the chest with iron stakes. They were vampires. During the 18th century, there was a frenzy of vampire sightings … Continue reading
MIA: THE AUTHOR WHO NEVER CAME BACK FROM THE PUBLISHING WAR
Today I’m offering a guest post from author Glenn Starkey. Glenn is one of the nicest guys online; he’s always bigging up other writers but rarely floats his own boat. I found this post on his blog the other day … Continue reading
THE GREATEST BOOK IN HISTORY?
What would you nominate? For many people it’s the Bible, or the Q’ran. For those not of a religious persuasion, it might be Homer’s Odyssey or the Works of William Shakespeare. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the entrant from … Continue reading
A WRITER’S THANKSGIVING
Last night I watched a wonderful German movie called The Lives of Others. It won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film; it is about a Stasi operative who is assigned to spy on a playwright during the Cold … Continue reading
WHAT PRICE TALENT?
THE SITUATION Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. People rushed past on their way to work. After about 3 … Continue reading
FROM AUNTY IVY TO KHUBILAI KHAN
My primary school teacher’s name was Mrs Boyne. She once told my mother at a parent interview: “Your son is a complete dreamer. He’ll never amount to anything in this life.” I still think that was a pretty harsh judgment … Continue reading
THERE’S A NAME FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS … AND IT’S NOT BOOKER
Now here’s something I thought I’d never do; I’m going to write a post in defence of the Man Booker prize. And I’m going to do as a reader, not a writer. And … and, he adds gasping for breath … Continue reading
From Pongwiffy to Shakespeare
When she was three years old my baby girl crawled on my lap in my study and asked me what I was doing. “I’m writing a book,” I said. “Well, that’s just adicalus,’ she said. She had heard her … Continue reading
MY JERRY MAGUIRE MOMENT
I saw a curious thing reported from the chaos of London last month; it seems that while delis and electronics retailers were being looted all around them, most bookshops were left untouched. Is it that rioters can’t read? Or do … Continue reading
