New book klaxon: A Library Miscellany
Hot on the heels of my bookworm’s treasury The Book Lovers’ Miscellany, I am delighted to announce my next book A Library Miscellany! And look […]
Tag: reading
The Joys of Being a Bookworm
Ever since I could coordinate my hands enough to clutch a book, my nose has been buried inside one. Some of my happiest childhood memories […]
On the perils of being a non-fiction writer
When meeting new people there is always a question I dread. The most innocuous of polite questions: ‘What do you do?’ The reason I dread […]
Reading blind: part 2
In an effort to broaden my reading, two years ago my husband bought me a bunch of books for Christmas as a surprise. I blogged […]
Reading blind: the thrill of reading books someone else chose for you
Last Christmas when my husband asked me what I wanted as a gift my reply was simple: ‘books’. ‘Will you give me a list?’ he […]