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Books addict Andrew Ffrench wants to know what you are reading - if you've got a recommendation then let him know
Posted at 2:14pm Wednesday 28th July 2010
Posted at 11:34am Monday 7th June 2010
Antics at Hay
I have just returned from my annual pilgrimage to the Golden Valley for the Hay Festival and I'm happy to report that I enjoyed it just as much as last year if not more.
Posted at 4:30pm Monday 29th March 2010
Pursuing Philip Pullman
Fantasy writer Philip Pullman must have thought I was stalking him at the weekend but he was far too polite to mention it.
Posted at 11:17am Thursday 18th March 2010
A flutter of excitement
With the Oxford Literary Festival starting at the weekend, I should be developing some highbrow reading habits.
Posted at 4:17pm Monday 8th February 2010
Night reading
I have recently launched a new book group but it is limited to two members - me and my four-week-old daughter.
Posted at 9:49am Friday 8th January 2010
Living on the edge with Portillo
Watched the Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge of Love the other night to try to take my mind off the snow.
Posted at 9:58am Tuesday 5th January 2010
Keep those pages turning in 2010
Thanks to Cynthia L. Tarvin, Litigation Project Manager in Portland, Oregon, for giving me a little smack on the back of my legs, a gentle reminder that the pages really must start turning again in 2010.
Posted at 10:37am Thursday 29th October 2009
Battered by Battenberg at the Ashmolean
I got my first glimpse of the brand new 21st century Ashmolean Museum yesterday, but on my journey there were several reminders of the past.
Posted at 4:12pm Wednesday 21st October 2009
Plague Dogs and the Gospel Truth
I failed to get to grips with the Gospel of Mark in time for my bible studies class the other night, which left me virtually speechless as my classmates made a series of astute remarks.
Posted at 3:14pm Saturday 10th October 2009
The building blocks of modern fiction
The Times came up with a great wheeze the other day. Some bright spark got people at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to vote for their favourite novels and the paper then compiled The Novel List: The 60 greatest books of the past 60 years.
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