Well that's Reading for Writing all done for term one. I've had a ball – I hope my students did too. (I guess that will become apparent when I get the signups for the term two classes …) The thing that amazed me was how happy everyone seemed to be to do the close reading …
The One About the Really Good Title
Being part of the Glamorgan MPhil network means that I get sent all sorts of odd little snippets of news from the world of publishing. One recent one is from the Hodder blog, about the importance of using a good title for helping book sales. Me and titles … Sheenagh Pugh used to say that …
Do School Libraries Need Books?
The New York Times ran an article with this headline a few weeks ago (yes, I'm slow). It's not a new question – LibraryThing have been discussing a similar issue for a wee while now. It seems that the arrival of the iPad has triggered lots of speculation about the “inevitable” takeover of eBooks. And …
Woohoo, Winter Olympics!
Being an Aussie, Winter Sports weren't exactly a feature of my growing up. I was twelve before I saw snow for the first time, and in my twenties before I ever tried skiing. Which may be one of the reasons why I do love snow. Living in Yorkshire for three years meant that I even …
Signing off for 2009
Well this is my last post for 2009. It has certainly been quite a year. Looking back, the two biggest things were surviving NaPoWriMo (although I haven't finished anywhere near as many of the poems as I should have – grr), and The Summer King being published. Pretty decent milestones! I read lots of good …
A Dark Feathered Art 