I am not familiar with Irish myths and tales, so this beautiful collection of stories is quite an eye-opener.
Read MoreQuick look: Celtic Wonder Tales
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Quick look: Split Images
in Bookshelf, Quick looks, Reviews
I’ve just started reading this, and it has me gripped already. I like the fact that it doesn’t mess about: no long-winded descriptions…
Read MoreGetting word-of-mouth referrals
What we might call “natural” word of mouth is one thing — it has served me very well — but can we provide a helping hand?
Read MoreReview: Hard Rain Falling
This is a very compelling book to read, but to describe it as noir fiction is almost an understatement.
Read MoreQuick look: Howl: Selected Poems by Allen Ginsberg
These poems benefit from being read aloud, even if only to yourself.
Read MoreReview: The Wisdom of Charlotte Brontë: Thoughts Gathered from Her Novels -- two reviews in one!
Below you will find two versions of a book review. The first is the one I submitted to the editor of Teach Secondary magazine, while the second is the version he actually published.
Read MoreReview: The shortest history of AI -- two reviews in one!
Below you will find two versions of a book review. The first is the one I submitted to the editor of Teach Secondary magazine, while the second is the version he actually published.
Read MoreReview: Ways of Telling -- three reviews in one!
Three reviews of the same book: a straight version, an outlandish version and the published version.
Read MoreReview: Magic and Mechanics -- two reviews in one!
After each story there is an interview with its author.
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Review: Accustomed as I am...
in Bookshelf, Back Catalogue, Memoir, Reviews
As the title suggests, it’s about Basil Boothroyd’s (mis) adventures as a public speaker. In an anecdote I found particularly amusing …
Read MoreReview: The Mathematician's Library - two reviews in one!
This wide-ranging book takes in probability, fractals, astronomy, Babbage, Lovelace, and a host of other areas and people.
Read MoreReview: Hotel Exile -- two reviews in one!
You settle down to read, and the subject of this particular vignette could be you: a teacher, a student, a mother, a brother.
Read MoreReview: Weimar -- two reviews in one!
Weimar, the birthplace of the optimistic but short-lived republic of the same name, a place called “home” by Goethe, Liszt and Nietzsche and a mere eight kilometres from Buchenwald.
Read MoreReview: Verb Your Enthusiasm: Two reviews in one!
No book about the craft of writing seems complete without a stern chapter on the importance of eschewing adverbs and adjectives - but what to put in their place?
Read MoreTwo previews
In this post I preview two books which you may be interested in. One is a series of autobiograohical stories, beautifully written, while the other comprises six writers explaining why they did what they did in their short story included in the book.
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books, by Terry Freedman
Mini-essay: Two books reviewed -- Weimar, Hotel Exile
in Bookshelf, Reviews, Reflections
I’m reviewing these together partly because I have a separate review of each one being published in Teach Secondary magazine next month, and partly because they are both concerned with the same subject matter: the Nazi era.
Read MoreReview: The Bengali Book of Short Stories -- two reviews in one!
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreReview: Blueprints -- two reviews in one!
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreReview: Against the machine -- two reviews in one
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote! In substantive terms there is little difference between the two, but you may find it interesting to see what the editor altered.
Read MoreReview: In Writing -- two reviews in one!
I submitted my review of this book to Teach Secondary magazine, an educational magazine in the UK. The first review is what the magazine published. The second one is what I actually wrote!
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