I didn't do much this weekend just gone. I went to the pub on Friday, slept late, ate pizza, and went with my boyfriend to his mum's house for Sunday lunch. But in between, I read The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Though I read a lot of Tintin as a child,… Continue reading Some Reasons Why Tintin Is Amazing
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2013 in Review: WordPress Report
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 19,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many… Continue reading 2013 in Review: WordPress Report
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Donna Tartt Interviewed on CBS
A little more Donna Tartt excitement for you! She recently recorded her only American TV appearance for This Morning on CBS, and here it is! The interviewer has some great questions but quite an odd way of talking that is a bit off-putting, and fades out the ends of Donna's answers - but it is… Continue reading Donna Tartt Interviewed on CBS
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Clip: Kirsty Wark Interviews Donna Tartt
I was stupid enough to be busy on the night when BBC Four showed a Review Show Special of Kirsty Wark interviewing Donna Tartt - and now it is gone from iPlayer! But I found a section of it that Newsnight put on YouTube - so here it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiL1dIXAQKo It is an utter joy… Continue reading Clip: Kirsty Wark Interviews Donna Tartt
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I Have A New Address!
I have recently moved to Oxford, so I need to give my new address out for review copies - so if you have me on your list for these, please get in touch! Same email address: lizzi@theselittlewords.com
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A New Life
If you know me personally or perhaps if you follow me on Twitter you'll know that for a long time I was looking for a full time job. Since graduating from university in 2011 I have completed about a billion internships, plus a few temp jobs and months of unemployment, which I can tell you… Continue reading A New Life
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I Need Bookshops. We All Do.
Today, on the way home from looking after my little nephew, I stopped in at WHSmith. I saw the poster for their summer promotions in the window, and remembered that I had wanted to read The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker for a while, so I went in. This was the one in Pinner,… Continue reading I Need Bookshops. We All Do.
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Tintin, Hellboy, Comic Books, and Me
When I was little, I read a lot of Tintin. My mum watched the cartoon adaptations as a child, and we always used to go on holiday to France, where Tintin is very popular, so I guess that's what got me into them. The first one I read was King Ottokar's Sceptre. The gist of… Continue reading Tintin, Hellboy, Comic Books, and Me
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The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2013 Is Announced!
Literary prizes are always fun: plenty of speculation and eager guesses, plus loads of reviews and recommendations to savour. There are also the bloggers who try to read whole longlists and shortlists, whom I really admire because I could never take on that amount of reading with a deadline! And the nominated books are always… Continue reading The Man Booker Prize Longlist 2013 Is Announced!
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Congratulations Ros Barber!
I know I'm a bit late here but I just wanted to say a massive congratulations to Ros Barber and to her publishers Sceptre for her verse novel (is that the right phrase?) The Marlowe Papers winning the Desmond Elliott Prize for Debut Fiction 2013. There's a great website all about the book here, and… Continue reading Congratulations Ros Barber!
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