Paperbackward
I was so happy on Friday, to be digging around the paperback section of Halfprice Books. One of my finds was a little collection of prose musings and essays by Laurie Lee, who authored one of my very favourite books Cider With Rosie. Cider With Rosie is a childhood memoir whose resonance goes beyond its [...]
January Book Club
I’m excited about reading this because this gent wrote one of my favourite book of short stories (I blogged about it here). I liked it so much that I sent Mr. Wilson some origami birds folded from old book pages as a way of saying “well done”. This is Kevin Wilson’s debut novel and he [...]
Cannery Row, God Bless the Underdog
A beautiful read. Steinbeck has the light-deep touch of a poet. He reminds me of Laurie Lee in his lyrical description of place and of Whitman and Kerouac in his running and rhythmic use of language. But more than anything I love his ability as a writer to soar– to go right from the bones [...]
My Tuppence Worth
I was listening to the world news on the ol’ wireless yesterday. I have to concentrate so hard when I listen to the news, I find it really difficult to actually hear it. Drone drone drone summit drone politicians drone drone issues drone drone process drone. I realise that what’s being said is important, it [...]
September Book Club
Book Club was great on Monday this week; it’s becoming quite a little crowd and people have really interesting things to say. I am still a little bit new-baby-brain-fried and so I was a little foggy when it came to steering the discussion but thankfully good old Oprah had a list of questions about A [...]
Lately…
Reading: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Gratefully reading it, I should say. That and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe – sigh, bit hard to get into but yes, I am relieved that my moral character won’t be tainted by reading it. Drawing: These are the (very) raw beginnings of a couple of bits [...]
Hannah Stoney is a British artist and writer.
Oh Simple Thing
By hannah stoney on December 9, 2011
I’m being simple at the moment. I don’t know if it is all the uncertainty (visa applications pending) or the new baby or just a time to reprioritise but I have slowed right down and for now, I have let a lot of things go. I have, however, been spending a lot of my snatched [...]
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