Category Reading

Palimpsest Book Group

Palimpsest has a book group, discussing books read by all the members in a topic on the forum. It has worked really well in the past, but recently has fallen behind a little. To try and perk things up a…

Wells

Great quote from H.G. Wells in amner’s review of The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells. An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.

Richard Yates on Palimpsest

One of the great things about Palimpsest is the way it throws up quality discussions about authors I have never heard of. And it brings together fans of that author that might not otherwise ever get to discuss his (or…

Peter Singer

Interesting profile of the Austrailian philosopher Peter Singer in last Saturday’s Guardian Review. I remember reading a book of his for an essay on Practical Ethics for A-Level R.E. George W Bush and Peter Singer were born on the same…

Cantabriggia

Very pleasant trip to Cambridge yesterday, ostensibly to attend Bodies in the Bookshop, a Crime Writers’ meet-and-greet thing at Heffers bookshop. Met up with the ever amiable Simon Kernick who joined Al and me in the Eagle afterwards for some…

Wikkid!

John Self at Palimpsest has already got on the bandwagon for the latest Sean Wright opus, the superbly titled Wicked or What? See his initial pre-publication posting here. The notoriously sane Jesse Jameson blog also covers this exciting release.

Watching and Reading

Watched Shaun of the Dead last night, an Amazon Rental DVD. The only one of the three that arrived on Friday without a crack in it. Still, it was an excellent, funny film and I recommend it. I emailed Amazon…

Rip It Up and Start Again

How good does this look exactly? From The Guardian: The problem with popular culture is its popularity: if lots of people like something, it is by no means a guarantee that it is going to be any good. And the…

New Books

Just bought 3 books for the price of 2 from Waterstones, my first book purchases for some time. Here’s what I got, along with a relevant review from The Guardian. Small Island – Andrea Levy Andrea Levy’s narrative switches between…

E.E. Cummings

Fascinating article in Saturday’s Guardian about the poet E.E. Cummings: EE Cummings became one of America’s most popular poets. But as a struggling young writer and artist, he was supported by a wealthy friend and soon found himself drawn to…