The Adventures of Tintin, Volume 1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets / Tintin in the Congo by Hergé My rating: 2 of 5 stars A small, neat bindup edition of the first two Tintin adventures: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and Tintin In The Congo, this is a complex thing toContinue reading “Tintin in the land of the Soviets and Tintin in the Congo by Hergé”
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A talk for the New Chalet Club AGM
I was lucky enough to speak at the New Chalet Club AGM last weekend and here’s a version of the talk that I gave. It is an approximate version because I was working from prompt cards and so, alas, don’t have an exact copy to share with you. I’ve also edited out some identifying dataContinue reading “A talk for the New Chalet Club AGM”
Happy birthday How To Be Free
How To Be Free is out today! I am so happy that she’s officially in the world and I hope you enjoy her. She features my favourite bullet points ever, my favourite Hanna moment ever, and quite possibly one of my favourite cakes ever. There is also some excellent dangling by Eloise Taylor (play toContinue reading “Happy birthday How To Be Free”
H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars And so, the end of the year and the start of a new one. Christmas and then the bit beyond. A time when the world gets a little bit thin and unsure of itself. December slides from all purpose and helter-skelter intentContinue reading “H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald”
Daisy May Johnson 