The January Reading Review
Posted: 31 January 2011 Filed under: Asia, Discworld, Literature, North-East, Opinions, Quotes | Tags: 50 book, 50 book challenge, book, book quotes, book review, books, challenge, Deborah Rodriguez, Discworld, G. P. Taylor, Ha Jin, Interesting Times, January, Kensuke's Kingdom, Michael Booth, Michael Morpurgo, reading, review, Shadowmancer, Sushi and Beyond, Terry Pratchett, The Kabul Beauty School, Waiting Leave a comment »
As I’ve taken up the challenge to read 50 books (or more!) in 2011, I thought it would be a good idea to share my thoughts about the books I’ve finished reading every month.
If you work out the challenge, the goal is to read a book a week, give or take two weeks; thus I’m pretty pleased with myself to have finished six books so far with two still on the go. I haven’t yet finished the monster book of stories by Hans Christian Andersen yet with which I began the year (should I count it as more than one book?). However, I’m really enjoying the challenge so far.
The Importance of Being Amazed about Absolutely Everything*
Posted: 24 November 2010 Filed under: Current, Discworld, Literature, Media | Tags: Discworld, Dublin, fantasy, Hogswatch, inaugural lecture, lecture, professor, Terry Pratchett, Trinity College Leave a comment »
Tomorrow I am off to the deepest wilds of Somerset to attend a party for ‘Hogswatch’ – the Discworld equivalent of Christmas. The Discworld, of course, having been created by the inspirational and downright hilarious man in the video below. This week Terry Pratchett gave his first lecture as a professor at Dublin’s Trinity College, a feat which makes his other achievements (such as the Carnegie medal and the knighthood) pale into insignificance.
The Love of Folklore
Posted: 6 November 2010 Filed under: Discworld, Folklore, Literature, Media | Tags: discussion, Discworld, folk, folklore, interview, Jacqueline Simpson, podcast, singing, song, Terry Pratchett Leave a comment »
I wanted to share this podcast from the Folklore Society which I discovered today.
It is a discussion on folklore between Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series (among others) and Dr. Jacqueline Simpson, one of the UK’s leading experts on folklore. The two have worked together for many years and even collaborated on The Folklore of the Discworld, which explores the use of myth and legend in Pratchett’s books.
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