Monthly Archives: October 2010
Afterthoughts
I’ve been thinking about the discussion of Alison Pick’s Far To Go last night at the bookclub I frequent. I’m in the process of revising my interpretation of the principal narrator, Marta. Opinions about the book differed, but with reasons … Continue reading
Reading again
One of my guilty pleasures is re-reading. There are tens of thousands of novels published worldwide each year of which there might be (I’m just guessing) maybe a thousand that, given sufficient time, I might find worth reading. On my … Continue reading
Hard choices – book club or public reading?
It’s a scheduling nightmare! The book club that I frequent is meeting at the same time this week as a free public reading by three well-regarded authors. How to decide? The book in question is Alison Pick’s Far to Go, … Continue reading
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Public reading – clubbing it
Nearly a year ago I went to a small presses event at the Starlight which was excellent. Last night there was another evening of readings. It’s the kind of clubbing I like – book clubbing. The event was well organised … Continue reading
Research
Some novels just seem like dumping grounds for an author’s recent “research” projects. Paragraphs, even whole pages, show up that do little more than report on some phenomenon, concept, historical object or event, etc. This never impresses me. I haven’t … Continue reading
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Writing club
For about a year now I have been a participant in the Kitchener Public Library (KPL) Writers’ Collective. I was delighted to discover the collective in the run up to Kitchener’s Word on the Street 2009 event and gladly committed … Continue reading
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