Sunday, 26 January 2014

Don't trust your memory!

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In my deep aversion toward young adult dystopia I am re-reading classics again, and the time has come for Anna Karenina . It is one of th...
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Close encounters with children's writers, part 6

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This year marks the centenary of Tove Jansson, the author of the Moomin books. It will be celebrated worldwide, I believe, with new boo...
Sunday, 12 January 2014

Childhood reading: Final reflections

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 Read all posts, 1   2    3   4    5    6    7    8    9    10 I have now done what we ask our masters students to do, although ...
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Saturday, 11 January 2014

Childhood reading, part 10: Romance

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 Read the previous posts, 1   2    3   4    5    6    7    8    9 As I mentioned, one of the attractions of adventure and histo...
Thursday, 9 January 2014

Childhood reading, part 9: Adventure, history and space

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Read the previous posts, 1   2    3   4    5    6    7    8 I cannot remember any clear-cut stages in my developing as a reader, in ...
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Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Childhood reading, part 8: Stories for little comrades*

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Read the previous posts, 1   2    3   4    5    6    7 Every year in school, we got a list of fifty books we were supposed to read d...
Monday, 6 January 2014

Childhood reading, part 7: Imaginary countries

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 Read the previous posts, 1   2    3   4    5    6 There was no Narnia in my childhood, but there were other imaginary countries...