It’s time for another look at what I’ve been reading – and what was good or not-so-good this month. It was another month of travelling for me, so more airplane books. That means nothing too dark and heavy. I started with a favourite… Robyn Carr’s Bring Me Home For Christmas
Not long ago, a friend asked me what books I had been reading lately – and apart from one or two that had left a strong impact – I had trouble remembering all the books I had read. She suggested it would be nice to have some sort of record of the books one…
I was wandering around London’s South Bank the other day, soaking up the atmosphere of my favourite city, when I stumbled across something rather fabulous in the ballroom of the Royal Festival Hall. It’s called aMAZEme – and it’s a maze made of a quarter of a million books – with the design based…
I had a rare treat last week – while back in the UK for a few days, I was taken on a walk through the pages of a book My friend Jean Fullerton writes fabulous books – set in the East End of London. I had read three of them – and the fourth was…
A while back, I mentioned that I’d heard a reading by Audrey Niffenegger – author of The Time Traveler’s Wife. It was a wonderful story about the death – and afterlife – of independent book stores. I’ve just discovered it’s available to listen to on NPR – National Public Radio – site. I don’t know…
Here’s a bit of a confession – I am a Science Fiction nut. (OK – the Twilight Zone Blog back in November was probably a bit of a hint). It’s therefore not surprising that a few nights ago, I was seated in the balcony of a New York theatre – watching William Shatner’s one man…
My head is full of the strangest facts – and it’s all my parents’ fault. When I was a kid, they brought a never-ending stream of books into the house. The types of books were often surprising – I think a lot of the time my parents got them because they were cheap (we didn’t…
This week is the RWA conference here in NYC. The fun started today with the Literacy signing event. This is what 500 romance writers look like raising funds to promote literacy. The books were all donated by the publishers – the authors donated their time a good will – and writing hands. Something over 2,000…