Fast rode the knight With spurs, hot and reeking, Ever waving an eager sword, “To save my lady!” Fast rode the knight, And leaped from saddle to war. Men of steel flickered and gleamed Like riot of silver lights, And the gold of the knight’s good banner Still waved on a castle wall. . . […]
Review: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
Published in 2011, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson is the memoir of the authors life. You will recognise its fictional counterpart, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit published in 1988. ‘Mrs. Winterson, a thwarted giantess, loomed over the novel and the author’s life: when Jeanette left home at sixteen […]
We need to talk about: Daunt Books Festival
Last month (it feels wrong to be saying last month already) I went to the first day of the Daunt Books Festival. It was a two day event, but I only had time to visit for the first few day time talks. I had a wonderful time at these talks, the whole thing was put […]
Poetry: Dear Deborah by Deborah Ager
They tell me that your heart has been found in Iowa, pumping along Interstate 35. Do you want it back? When the cold comes on this fast, it’s Iowa again— where pollen disperses evenly on the dented Fords, where white houses sag by the town’s corn silos, where people in the houses sicken on corn […]
Review: Half Bad by Sally Green
I have a love / ‘ugh, really?’ relationship with young adult fiction. It’s like watching a film; I get lost in the few hours it takes to be absorbed and it generally leaves me crying in cathartic bliss. And then I start to think about it. I’ve mentioned before that I have certain genres which […]
Literary Life: March in Review
My reading this month began slowly, partly due to a change in my reading habits influenced by my online book buying ban. Due to two Kindle blips in March I’ll be continuing my ban into April. I attended the first day of the Daunt Books Festival, organised by fellow book blogger Emily, on the 27th […]
