The Bloody Chamber Draw

Thank you to everyone who entered the draw attached to my commemorative Angela Carter post. I am pleased to see so much interest in discovering Carter’s work and or exploring it further and I am looking forward to sharing Angela Carter Month in April with you. With an interest in fairy tales that goes beyond [...]

Memento Mori

“Memento Mori” is a Latin phrase translated as “Remember You Must Die” and it is that phrase which is anonymously uttered in a series of insidious phone-calls to a group of elderly friends, the premise of the novel by Muriel Spark. This macabre tale was only the third of many novels published by Spark and [...]

Literary Adaptations

2010 appears to be the year for books on-the-big-screen. The forthcoming Oscars have highlighted a number of recently made literary adaptations: An Education; Precious (based on the novel, Push); A Single Man; The Lovely Bones; The Last Station; Bright Star; Julie & Julia; Coraline; Fantastic Mr Fox; The Princess and the Frog. That’s only the [...]

Library Loot: the Eclectic

I returned a number of books to the library unread this week; I am struggling with the time and inclination. I am far preferring to read on a whim and the library pile was becoming overwhelming. I intend to read some of them at another time, a time where I feel more relaxed about it. [...]

Claire’s Corner

In this week’s Claire Corner I want to discuss my current cull of books, which you will see from above is very much a work-in-progress. Like Carrie Bradshaw and her walk-in closet of Manolo Blahniks, I like to hoard books and keep a hold of favourites and store unread ones for a rainy day … [...]

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