April 2010
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Books Blogs - Technorati →
For God’s sake, out of 9.5k entries in the Technorati directory for Entertainment, nearly 3000 are for books!!!!! OMG.
Apr 27th
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“The handbag really came to the fore as a fashion item in the 1920s, when...”
– Handbag Sydney academic and fine, fine blogger Meredith Jones on handbags as containers and billboards, at her excellent newer blog, the carriage held but just ourselves. Enjoy.
Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
“Roddy Doyle: It’s a pure form of self- employment. I wake fairly early but I...”
– The rules of write club - The Irish Times - Sat, Apr 24, 2010 thanks to Gary Pearce on Twitter for this link.
Apr 23rd
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Ruby Street: over the hills →
A very fine poem by Jill Jones.
Apr 22nd
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“I saw businesses with dying spider plants in filthy windows. Was it not...”
– Andrew Wylie in The Observer
Apr 17th
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“Got blog? The one thing you should NEVER do with your blog!”
– April 19 Lulu U Class: Tricks to Sell More Books | Lulu Blog If it doesn’t cost anything, it would almost be worth signing up just to see what that ‘one thing’ is.
Apr 16th
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“Ten of the best breakfasts in literature - here are two. From Russia with...”
– Ten of the best breakfasts in literature | Books | The Guardian
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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Apr 15th
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“Thomas M. Disch possessed a nightmarish imagination that combined J.G. Ballard’s...”
– David Auerbach, of Waggish, writing at The Millions, on The Prescient Science Fiction of Thomas M. Disch
Apr 15th
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Apr 13th
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“Sales of Emily Bronte’s 1847 classic Wuthering Heights have quadrupled...”
– Wuthering Heights quadruples sales with Twilight effect | theBookseller.com (Via @literaryminded on Twitter.)
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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“Disappointed by Beethoven’s potty mouth (‘How very German,’ he muttered),...”
– darkly wise, rudely great: A Party in Heaven Iz Australian philosopher blogging. Magnifique.
Apr 9th
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“In the film Saint-Ex is surrounded by women under the watchful eye of Consuelo,...”
– Haunting film of Le Petit Prince author Saint-Exupéry for auction - The Guardian
Apr 9th
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