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Reading Challenge 2016: I haven't forgotten about it
by Aunty Muriel • November 20, 2016
I haven't forgotten about the 2016 Reading Challenge – I just haven't been very diligent about writing it up. Truth be told, though, I'm behind with the reading, and given that it's mid-November, I think this is going to turn into a challenge for next year as well as this one, but THAT'S OKAY and…
Reading Challenge 2016: A Book Published Before You Were Born
by Aunty Muriel • February 21, 2016
Barbara Comyns Our Spoons Came From Woolworths (The 2016 Reading Challenge: A Book Published Before You Were Born. Our Spoons Came From Woolworths was first published in 1950 and I was definitely born after that.) I found a copy of Comyns' novel in a charity shop, and bought it for its attention-grabbing title and beautiful…
Reading Challenge 2016: A Book You Can Read In A Day
Julie Maroh Skandalon Mario Saraceni The Language of Comics I'm kicking off this year's Reading Challenge with a couple of books, both of which can be read in a day: Julie Maroh's Skandalon, and Mario Saraceni's The Language of Comics, and I'm going to use one to discuss the other. A little bit of background…
Muriel Spark's 'A Member of the Family': observations on the opening scene
Foregrounding in 'Gormenghast' and 'Wuthering Heights'
My Top Five Favourite Comic Books: #2 (joint position) Tintin by Hergé (Georges Remi)
Intertextuality and the poetry of John Heath-Stubbs
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