Desperate Reader

I’ve really enjoyed paperback-reader Angela Carter month, and am rather hoping she does another one. I’ve been a fan of Carter for a few ye...

Simon at Stuck-In-A-Book is getting 'Andrina and other stories' - I'm on my way to the post office now. The loser today is me ha...

 

I saw swallows yesterday, and the Scottish one disappeared for quite a long time to look at pictures of boats on the internet – both sure si...

Andrina and other Stories I keep hearing that short stories are a dying format and that nobody wants to buy them, a viewpoint I’m particula...

I had planned a very luxurious (if sadly limited) spending moment when I was in London a couple of weeks ago but Waterstone’s let me down – ...

I’ve had two killer whale experiences in my life – the first was with my dad in his boat and was both close and really quite scary. The whal...

It has been a long, long, week and although I’m glad it’s over I wouldn’t have minded a slightly longer weekend – after a final marathon slo...

Well it’s taken me a week and more to do battle with Carter on this one and I’m wondering where to start. Had I any knowledge of Freud, more...