On the culling of books
I have long put off writing this post because I have an aversion to it. Â A while back I bought...
Culling of books …
I sometimes feel like this when we go to the flea market in Geneva and survey a lifetime's worth of...
Worse than cocaine
If you were traversing the Soviet Union it was better to be caught with a kilo of cocaine than a...
Happy San Jordi’s Day!
It was for a good reason, three in fact, that I chose 23 April to launch WritingRedux last year. San...
My publisher, falsely so called…
Listening time: under 3 minutes.
I loved this drawn out account of Thoreau's dealings with a publisher wanting...
Publishers, monkeys, monkeys, publishers
I love the way Captain Flint sees his mission to find a monkey for the children as a refreshing change...
The history of books
An idea so intrinsic to reading books, particularly those you love and remember, that I had never consciously thought of...
Second hand books
Virginia Woolf's comment on second hand books is for all those of you who love the look and feel of...
Now we are six
As we approach the 6th birthday of WritingRedux, I've cast my mind back to the year I turned six and...
Books hidden, books found
Armenians seemed to be particularly adept at averting bibliocide. Â Some cultures, threatened with bibliocide, committed books to memory. The Armenians,...
Wishing you a happy jólabókaflóð!
This lovely word is Icelandic for 'Christmas book flood'. As you may know, Iceland is home to the world's most...
Fuel for the body or mind?
Book burning, or bibliocide, is usually something we associate with ideologues, political or religious, fearful of the free flow of...
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