Friday, 28 February 2014

Books I will never read

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A blog post from Guardian has caused some discussion on Facebook, and I have challenged my young colleague to list – and justify – a hun...
Sunday, 16 February 2014

Reference frames

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For no reason at all I remembered two children's books today, or rather, I remembered a book and then another book. The Giant Jam S...
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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