Hornsey Library event
Thanks to the kind prompting from May, I am finally getting around to writing about my talk and book signing at Hornsey Library last week. Even though it…
Monday Morning Inspiration #6
“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time” – André Gide
Luke Bitmead Award 2009
I was happy to see a call for entries for the Luke Bitmead Writers’ Bursary 2009. Luke wrote an excellent book, White…
Monday Morning Inspiration #5
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never…
“If on a winter’s night a traveler” by Italo Calvino
Reviewing this book in the New Yorker, John Updike said that it “manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth…
Monday Morning Inspiration #4
If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t…
“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel
I’ve heard good things about this book for ages, ever since it won the Booker Prize back in 2002, but for some…
New York, New York
I had a wonderful trip to New York. The book-related reasons to go were to sign copies at the Columbia Alumni Book…
Monday Morning Inspiration #3
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. — Dalai Lama Please share…