Carter Collation Post V

Posted on | April 30, 2010 | 12 Comments

Where has April gone? My Angela Carter month has now drawn to a close and I am both saddened that it has come to an end and delighted at the reception it has received. I would like to extend thanks to those who have participated in the month by reading and reviewing Angela Carter’s books, as well as those who will do so in the coming months. This event has reaffirmed my love for my favourite author and you can look forward to another month in the future as well as occasional Angela Carter posts interspersed with my usual fare; first up will be my review of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman, which will appear once Persephone Reading Week has come to an end.

This month was a celebration of aspects of Angela Carter and her work that I especially enjoy but I haven’t even scratched the surface. From the response, it appears that most of you share my enthusiasm for the writer and would look forward to my sharing of my passion on another occasion. I look forward to seeing how you all embrace and re-discover Angela Carter within your own reading experiences and I am thrilled that I could play a part in that.

In the meantime here is a collation of Angela Carter-related posts from this past week to enjoy:

Annabel of Gaskella re-discovered Carter (more successful this time) through The Bloody Chamber and thought her fairy tales were “the complete antithesis of the Disneyfied versions that dominate these days”.

Verity of Verity’s Virago Venture read her final Angela Carter Virago Modern Classic, Fireworks, and found the stories “wide-ranging – set in Japan, in the Orient, in the Jungle, but all full of intense imagery”.

Tea Lady of The Glittering Burn read Nights at the Circus for her first Carter, a feminist “book challenged [her] lazy preconceptions every step of the way.

Hayley of Desperate Reader also read Shadow Dance this month and thought Carter’s debut, “Tense and chilling, it’s a very convincing sort of gothic horror written and set in the 1960’s”.

Thank you again to everyone who joined me for Angela Carter month -whether out of curiosity or familiarity- and I do hope that you enjoyed it. If you haven’t had a chance to then please read my interview with Roxanna Bikadoroff, illustrator of Angela Carter’s books, as it was one of my highlights of this month.

I hope to see many of you next week for Persephone Reading Week 2010.

Category: Angela Carter Month, Challenges, Persephone Reading Week
Tags: Angela Carter

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12 Responses to “Carter Collation Post V”

Verity
April 30th, 2010 @ 2:22 pm

I have found this month really fascinating, seeing other people’s reactions to her and I was glad to have the impetus to read the rest of her Viragoes. Well done for organising Claire!
Rachel
April 30th, 2010 @ 4:01 pm

Thanks for an excellent month highlighting an unjustly neglected author, Claire!

Looking forward to Persephone week!
Stujallen
April 30th, 2010 @ 4:52 pm

i shall be there for persephone weeek claire ,all the best stu
Amy @ My Friend Amy
April 30th, 2010 @ 5:54 pm

You’ve done a great job, Claire! I hope to eventually read some Angela Carter for myself.
JoAnn
April 30th, 2010 @ 9:24 pm

Congratulations on a very successful month, Claire. Some upcoming Short Story Monday posts will feature Angela Carter, now that I have a new collection – thank you again for Fireworks!
tea lady (the glittering burn)
April 30th, 2010 @ 10:05 pm

Thank you again for nudging me towards Carter, I look forward to reading more of her.
mee
May 1st, 2010 @ 12:36 am

Claire thank you for being such an awesome host! I just put up my review for the Bloody Chamber. It’s been an interesting journey with Carter
Michelle (su[shu])
May 1st, 2010 @ 4:58 am

Thanks so much for hosting this Angela Carter Month Claire. Though I’ve not read The Bloody Chamber like I planned to, the many great reviews have definitely bumped it up on my list of books to get to ASAP.
claire (kiss a cloud)
May 1st, 2010 @ 3:57 pm

Claire, I have just received The Magic Toyshop and am currently reading! Will post my thoughts hopefully before Persephone Week begins!
Novel Insights
May 2nd, 2010 @ 7:05 pm

Claire, I would love to have joined in on this but have been trying to read a little more whimsically. I read The Bloody Chamber a long time ago and I remember Bluebeard made such an impression on me. I’m definitely up for a Persephone for next week though. A special trip to the library is in order!
Buried In Print
May 3rd, 2010 @ 8:06 pm

Thanks very much for hosting. I’ve been meaning to get back to her for a long time, but I surely would not have done so this year without your encouragement. I also really enjoyed reading the other participants’ posts because even skimming them (so as not to give away plot details) gives me some idea what to expect next.
anothercookiecrumbles
May 3rd, 2010 @ 9:54 pm

Thanks for a great month – loads of reviews for me to bookmark and read later.

I snuck in one more Carter post today, a couple of days after the month’s over. Whoops!

Hopefully, there’ll be a second episode of this, sometime next year or something… I still have loads of Carters left to read, so…