July 2020 - Andrew Blackman

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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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Stefanie on Reading Roundup for September 2022: “Super interesting Thanks for the explanation!” Oct 5, 20:23
Andrew Blackman on Reading Roundup for September 2022: “Thanks Alicia, you too!” Oct 4, 22:06
Andrew Blackman on Reading Roundup for September 2022: “Hi Emma, You’re right – I keep coming back to that Alice Walker quote about books as lifeboats more and…” Oct 4, 22:06
Andrew Blackman on Reading Roundup for September 2022: “You’re welcome, Jacqui! I think Burntcoat is my favourite novel of the year so far, so I’m very grateful for…” Oct 4, 21:14
Andrew Blackman on Reading Roundup for September 2022: “Yes, good question: the single-sentence thing made it really difficult to read. I kept starting late at night and just…” Oct 4, 21:07