Hemingway said “Write drunk, edit sober”. This sounds like a great idea when you’re stuck and feel like an excuse for a glass of something. In practice, it never really works out for me. I had this great plan once … Continue reading »Write Drunk…
I buy most of my books online. I feel bad about it, sometimes, but books are really expensive here. The mark-ups are extraordinary – and that’s not the retailers’ fault, that RRP. So, one does what one can with the … Continue reading »Stories in the Air
Junky takes a while to get into. No, that’s not right… It’s more that it takes a while to orient oneself within it. At any rate, once you have your bearings, it is magnificent. There’s a strange claustrophobia to the … Continue reading »Junky
The problem with bookshops is you always want to buy something when you go in. I wish I had more money, and could buy locally more often. There’s an independent bookshop near my university, a sweet little place called Unity Books … Continue reading »Before you ask, no, I don’t own a kindle.
When people ask me my favourite book, I usually reply with a list. There will be disclaimers: “I like all the Discworld books but this is my favourite so it stands in for the whole” (Nightwatch); “This was my favourite … Continue reading »Favourite Books #1: Lolita
Some years ago, I bought a folio copy of Paradise Lost. I purchased it online, and it travelled the length of the country to get to me. I suspect the person I bought it from had not opened it often. … Continue reading »The Paradise Lost Mystery
I was asked to write on my tumblr a list 10 books that have stayed with me in some way. And so I did, without thinking too hard and without making sure they were the right ones or “great works”, … Continue reading »Ten Books