Thinking how to translate Jana Kippo
Jana Kippo is the protagonist of a recent successful trilogy of novels in Swedish by Karin Smirnoff. I ponder, and try my hand at translating.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
In Flight from the Cider House Rules
In Flight is a personal review of The Cider House Rules by John Irving and Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Jennifer Croft).
Visiting imaginary places in the realms of fantasy
Imaginary places are pretty much the only places one can visit at present and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places is a great place to start.
A Mediterranean Quintet: Call Me to A Village
A Mediterranean quintet of books, and a few more. A reading diary round-up of the books I completed in the first 8 weeks or so of 2021.
How Do You Read Poetry? A Village Life
Reading A Village Life by Louise Glück, I’m consciously trying to read it in a different way from the way I usually read poetry books.
Night of the Kings – storytelling and story creation
In Night of the Kings, a film from Ivory Coast, Roman, a new inmate in the MACA prison must entertain his fellow prisoners by telling a story.
The 44th Gothenburg Film Festival (online) – a report
A report from the 44th Gothenburg Film Festival (online) – how I’ve enjoyed the festival in the past and the pros and cons of it this year.
All the great books I read in 2020
A list of all the books I completed reading during 2020 with links to my relevant blog posts, to the authors and to other people’s reviews.
Strategies strained and tactics dodgy: a reading diary
Strategies and tactics I employed to keep my reading resolution last year – and a review of some of the books I read in the last quarter of 2020
The successfully organised and bulleted writer
Successfully organised and bulleted- that’s how I feel now at the end of 2020, thanks to The Bullet Journal Method and The Organised Writer.