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“It was salutory to remember, I told myself, that writers and other creative artists do not relish other people’s ideas. They usually have more than enough of their own, and well-meant suggestions only add to the burden of their already over-stocked minds.” Miss Read, Farewell to Fairacre (1993)
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My last 5 posts
- #WitchWeek2020: The end is nigh! November 6, 2020
- #WitchWeek2020 Day 6: MEXICAN GOTHIC and the Classic Gothic Tale November 5, 2020
- #WitchWeek2020 Day 5: Gothic fantasy, with puppets November 4, 2020
- #WitchWeek2020 Day 4: M R James and the Gothic Tradition November 3, 2020
- #WitchWeek2020 Day 3: The Graveyard Book November 2, 2020
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Tag Archives: Bram Stoker
#WitchWeek2020 Day 3: The Graveyard Book
“It takes a graveyard to raise a child.” (back cover of The Graveyard Book, US edition) Appropriately for today, the Day of the Dead, we present you with a discussion of this year’s read-along book, a novel set in a cemetery. Four of us–Lory* … Continue reading
#WitchWeek2020 Day 1: Gothick Dreams
Happy Halloween to all! My first guest blogger is my co-host, Chris, who blogs as Calmgrove on WordPress, where for eight years he’s been exploring the world of ideas through books by way of reviews and discussions. Today Chris has taken … Continue reading
Posted in Castles and towers, Gothic, Mystery, Witch Week
Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Bronte, Diana Wynne Jones, Edgar Allan Poe, Evelyn Waugh, Hamlet, Horace Walpole, J K Rowling, Jane Austen, Ludwig II, Mervyn Peake, Philip K Dick, Sir Walter Scott, William Beckford
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This and that
As NYC swelters through the dog days of summer, I find myself wishing for an early start to fall. This summer, what with work projects and reading projects and writing projects, has been busy. It’s also passed quickly — in ten … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Gothic, Graphic Novel, Newbery Award, Poetry, Supernatural
Tagged Bram Stoker, Cece Bell, Jacqueline Woodson, Jessica Day George, Kwame Alexander
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