Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
Louise Harwood
Novelist Louise Harwood recommends Restoration by Rose Tremain.
Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
Elvin Lim
Elvin Lim recommends Rejecting Rights.
Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
David Bosco
David L. Bosco recommends The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and One Morning in Maine.
Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
Rupert Thomson
Novelist Rupert Thomson chooses his book of 2009.
Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
Simon Winchester
Simon Winchester explains why Georges Perec’s Life A User’s Manual is his favorite book.
Holiday Book Bonanaza ’09:
Reb Williams
Author Reb Williams shares her favorite books.
Friday procrastination: link love – haggis, rude cartoons and Led Zeppelin
What Kirsty has been reading in OUP UK.
Friday procrastination: link love – Louisa May Alcott, marriage, and Santa Claus.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Halloween witches: ladies not for burning
By Owen Davies
Why is Halloween associated with witches? Look back beyond the twentieth century and you will find few connections. The 31st of October has long been a day of great religious significance of course. It is All Hallows’ Eve, the build-up to the Catholic All Saints’ Day, and then All Souls’ Day on 2 November. This was a time when the worlds of the living and the dead were at their closest.
Friday Procrastination: A Goodbye Link Love
Well the time has come for me to say goodbye to all of you lovely readers. Running the OUPblog has been a dream job and leaving is very bittersweet. So I thought before I left we could take a trip down memory lane and review some of the best blog posts of the past. This list certainly is not conclusive, just a few of the thousands of posts I had the honor of sharing with you. Please keep in touch. You can follow my adventures on twitter @FordBecca. Ciao!
Friday procrastination: link love – 30 Rock, the Muppets, and literary losers
What Rebecca has been reading.
Tony, Tony, Tony:
Beloved Losers and Disdained Winners
An introduction to Tony season.