At Strange Horizons, Kari Sperring writes about Katherine Kurtz. Matrilines: The Woman Who Made Fantasy “Kurtz’s debut novel, Deryni Rising, came out from Ballantine Books in 1970,” Sperring writes, “…and…Continue readingThe womanless cannon
One of the formative reading experiences of any child of my background and culture is the book “The Bridge on the Drina” by Ivo Andric. It was a seminal…Continue readingBridge to history
Lovereading.co.uk has created an infographic for language enthusiasts called “15 Words You Never Knew Came from Literature.” Some of the books featured in this image include The Hobbit, Catch-22, and…Continue reading15 Words
Ice on trees and snow on the ground, beauty mixed with danger. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA In The Guardian, Richard Hirst gives us ghost stories by the fireside and perilous…Continue readingLiterary Winters
QUIZ: Classic Houses In Literature on the Imaginary Real Estate Market Bright, colorful farmhouse in rural Canadian townThe Western canon is having a real estate sale: All the settings of…Continue readingWhich would you buy?
Literature’s most fiendish head-scratchers For all of you out there with time on your hands and no codes to crack, The Guardian offers a selection of riddles from literature. Get…Continue readingRiddle me this!
If you could read one a day…well, it would be an interesting challenge anyhow. Daniel Dalton of BuzzFeed made the picks. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt: The beloved fable about…Continue readingCan you read a novel a day?
The TV incarnation of the Ingalls family in The Little House on the Prairie. Photo: Rex Features Rejected by publishers when it was written in the 30s, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s…Continue readingThe REAL Little House on the Prairie
Oh, the stories waiting to be told… 28 magical paths begging to be walked, keeping in mind a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going…Continue readingMagical paths
25 must-read books One of Powell’s Books customers asked for a list of 10 books that “everyone absolutely must read in his or her lifetime.” The question intrigued us and…Continue readingBefore you die…