Aug 19, 2009 | Features
Finished ‘The Glass Bead Game’ by Hesse a few weeks ago but am only now getting around to saying something about it. It was not enjoyable, though parts were. The book improves once Joseph Knecht leaves the ‘ivory tower’ that is Castillia. Following a section of...
Aug 16, 2009 | Features
Yet another interesting feature on writing from the pages of today’s ‘Washington Post’. ‘Knowing When to Say When’, in which a writer of crime novels contemplates killing her ace PI. By Laura Lippman ‘Washington Post’, Sunday, August 16, 2009 Would-be novelists need...
Aug 15, 2009 | Features
This is me [aged 16] on the left, operating Radio Free Belfast which was set up in August 1969 behind the barricades. This forty-year old clipping is from the ‘Irish News’. Earlier this year I was interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster and I think the interview might be...
Aug 13, 2009 | Latest
13th August. Just came across a brilliant site where you can access over two hundred short stories by Anton Chekhov . 12th August. Did interview with Ben Williams, a post-graduate student/researcher based at the University of Liverpool who is studying a thesis on “the...
Aug 10, 2009 | Features
Fascinating feature in today’s ‘Washington Post’ about the way memory works and the decisions a writer takes when creating a memoir [as allegedly distinct, of course, from an autobiography where the rules are supposed to be of a higher standard]. It reminded me of...
