Isak Dinesen – Great Writer of Short Fiction
Mention the name Isak Dinesen and people respond with: she wrote Out of Africa which, of course she did. But her works that I love best are her collections of short Fiction, most especially Seven...
View ArticleFinding the Kindle’s Achilles Heel
Kindle’s Achilles heel is hard to find Books’ migration to digital is utterly dominated by Amazon and its e-reader – but its lack of community may be its undoing Antonia Senior guardian.co.uk, Sunday...
View ArticleJustice in America – from Intelligent Life Magazine
STAFFORD SMITH’S BIG QUESTION ~ Posted by Simon Willis, August 30th 2012 Today we published online Clive Stafford Smith’s answer to our latest Big Question, “What’s the worst that could happen?” For...
View ArticleBrave New World for Readers and Writers
THE NEW YORKER ONLINE ONLY JANUARY 22, 2013 THE BOOK OF THE FUTURE, SLICED AND DICED POSTED BY BETSY MORAIS At the Digital Book World conference, held in New York last week, one could hardly pass...
View ArticleKate Atkinson’s New Mystery
Kate Atkinson’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Fiction Gareth McConnell for The New York Times Kate Atkinson By SARAH LYALL Imagine having the gift (or the curse) of continually dying and being reborn, so that you...
View ArticleMemoir Published
My memoir, which I have been working on for over one year, has been published. The story covers my earliest childhood from the time I was adopted, continuing through my elementary and high school...
View Article