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I read in The Guardian this weekend that the journey or ‘quest’ story is enjoying a revival, with sales of some, more esoteric, examples doing well this summer as people buy books for beach or countryside. Regular readers of this site will know that … Continue reading
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More convivial bookish doings in Clapham this week, with a return to Clapham Books to hear J.M.Taylor read from his new novel ‘Departing Vienna’. A cross between a detective story and a thriller, this is a book which also deals … Continue reading
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More than one reader has remarked on what they describe as the ‘quintessential Englishness’ of ‘The Village’. This is, in part, because of the descriptions of the seasons and the countryside, which are clearly the English seasons and the English countryside; but it’s also because … Continue reading
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The sun came out yesterday for an evening get-together at Clapham Books and folk drank wine in the garden, listened to a story from ‘The Village; A Year in Twelve Tales’ and talked about literature and books. Many thanks to all of … Continue reading
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“When I was a child….”
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….there was a little rhyme about the Isle of Wight which played on the names of various towns and landmarks. It began ‘Needles you can’t thread, Cowes you can’t milk…’. I grew older and read ‘1984’, with its Newspeak and Ministry of … Continue reading →
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