> Next Tuesday through Friday I’ll be down at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, delivering the Ezra Jack Keats Lecture on Thursday. Hope to see some of you there. I last spoke there in 1998 and have gone to the Guide to find some very interesting differences in what [...]
>The boy who chased the dragon’s tattoo
March 31, 2010 By 2 Comments
Did we make it?
March 25, 2010 By 7 Comments
I think we did. In the news: Australian fantasy writer, and winner of the 1984 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (for A Little Fear), Patricia Wrightson has died. More happily, Hans Christian Andersen awards have been won by David Almond (also a BGHB winner, for The Fire Eaters) for writing and Jutta Bauer for illustration (although [...]
>Percy Jackson
February 16, 2010 By 9 Comments
>What to Watch?
November 25, 2009 By 4 Comments
>We had only been watching half an hour or so of the new Prisoner mini-series when Richard said, “I’m tired of these shows.” Pressed for elucidation, he said “you know, shows where the whole thing is WHAT’S GOING ON?” There certainly a lot of these cued on our DVR–Heroes, FlashForward, Fringe, with Lost coming back [...]
>October Notes
October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
>Is that a hobbit in my pocket?
April 30, 2009 By 3 Comments
>For your weekend viewing pleasure
January 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
>After all, the dictionary offers plenty of scope.
October 4, 2008 By 6 Comments
