Confessions of a displaced hedgehog

A displaced hedgehog is a figure - or rather an image - from Tove Jansson's Moomin books. This is how I can best describe myself. This blog is mostly about being displaced.

Friday, 25 April 2014

Joys of indexing

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I know you won't believe me, but I truly enjoy compiling an index for my books. Most people I know hate it and will pay someone to...

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Gabriel Garcia Marquez in memoriam

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There has been a lot written about the great Gabriel Garcia Marquez these days, and I cannot add much except one detail that made a deep ...

Thursday, 17 April 2014

Writing First World War for children, part 2

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Another reflection I made at the First World War symposium was that my grandchildren presumably don't know anything about it. ...

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Writing First World War for children, part I

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Yesterday I went to London for a symposium in the British Library on writing for children about First World War. I went because I am in...

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

In a country churchyard

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I have never been particularly interested in writers. I have had the privilege of meeting quite a few great writers, but it was exciting ...

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...

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