July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Children of the Cave: A Fascinating Finnish Novel of Ideas

In Children of the Cave, Finnish writer Virve Sammalkorpi imagines an encounter between a group of explorers and some strange creatures living in a…

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No, I Don’t Have the Bandwidth Right Now

Something is very wrong with the English language. People have started asking me if I have the “bandwidth” to work on new…

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Anonymous on The Sense of an Ending, explained: “I have come late to this thread and apologise if my observations have already been addressed. 1) Near the end…” Sep 16, 15:26
Stefanie on Reading Australia: “Wow, what an amazing trip you had and some good books too by the sound of it! Are you back…” Sep 7, 21:24
Marcie McCauley on Reading Australia: “What a great time you’ve had, exploring off and on the page. It was probably an inspiring trip for writing…” Sep 7, 21:16
wadholloway on Reading Australia: “Marcie (Buried in Print) recommended I take a look at your blog. I spend my life these days driving around…” Sep 6, 02:56
Christopher Whiffin on Reading Australia: “I haven’t read Cloud Street but Dirt Music by the same author is the best novel about the Australian countryside…” Sep 3, 09:57