Tag: read

  • Book Snobbery, Fairy Tales And Reality

    Book Snobbery, Fairy Tales And Reality

    “The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.” ― W.H. Auden “In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.” (Frauds on the Fairies, 1853)” ― Charles Dickens, Works of Charles Dickens “If you want your children to be…

  • Hole Up And Create Is Best Advice For Aspiring Writers

    Hole Up And Create Is Best Advice For Aspiring Writers

    For aspiring writers-  I thought very hard about what to write, and decided to settle on a little advice for aspiring writers. Because if you’re one of those hopefuls, you might get scared too easily and give up. The world of book publishing is changing. It looks frightening. The big publishers are fighting for survival,…

  • Canuck Book Review – Linden MacIntyre’s Why Men Lie

    Canuck Book Review – Linden MacIntyre’s Why Men Lie

    Why Men Lie is the third book in a series that takes place in Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton by Canadian author and journalist Lynden MacIntyre. As a follow up to Giller Prize Winning The Bishop’s Man, this installment of the story follows Effie MacAskill Gillis—a member of the cast in the last two novels in…