A review of recent Sylvia Plath events 25th June - Waterstone's Hampstead (London) Heather Clark (author of Red Comet) and Helen Bain (author of The Daffodil Days). Highlights: What is the difference between a biographer and a historical fiction writer? Helen used historical fiction to go where a biographer could not - moments we have... Continue Reading →
“You say God / give me a choice!”
Who do you pray to? According to Genesis 1:27, God made us in his image. In 1977, Genesis wrote "I was feeling part of the scenery / I walked right out of the machinery".[1] These are both powerful statements which speak to how and why we worship what we do: we find the numinous in... Continue Reading →
people I ought to have been able to mourn
good people who died young.
#MayIRecommend: Explore This Month’s Top Book and Entertainment Picks
an internet 'month challenge' from the archive.
Rejection Revisited / All Quiet on the LR Front III?
I don't think I'm going to send out a great deal of submissions this year... I have some excellent reasons for putting that side of things on pause.