The ImagiNation Festival in Quebec City was great fun. It was cold for Spring, even by Quebec standards, a chilly -9 C at times. But, despite...
READ MOREIMAGINATION 2016, QUEBEC CITY – READING
As trailed in my previous blog, I’ll be reading in Quebec City on Saturday 10th March, as a guest of Quebec City’s ImagiNation 2016 Literary...
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How much of the meaning a poem or piece of fiction, is provided by the writer? And how much by the reader? And does it matter whether it’s...
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December 1819 was an unhappy month for the poet John Keats. His beloved younger brother, Tom, had died of tuberculosis on 1 December, while...
READ MOREPaying my respects at Verdun
It’s been a while since my last blog. That’s mostly because I have been incredibly busy setting up in a new city. No matter how many times I...
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