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.
Reviews
Reviews of books, films, exhibitions, performances etc, and my Reading Diary. Read Other Folk’s Flowers for more details or scroll down.
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
Last week I published the final entry in my reading diary for books completed in 2020. As last year for 2019, I thought a collection in one place of all the titles I read during the year might be handy. Handy for me, if no one else. All these, each in it’s own way, are … More…
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.
Historical fiction by Warlight: The Moon’s Account
Historical fiction in the third quarter of 2020 – a reading diary entry covering four historical novels and a three other books.
Bringing up the Bodies from Wolf Hall
Bring up the Bodies from Wolf Hall: a discussion of point of view in Hilary Mantel’s fantastic trilogy, and a discussion of character names.