So, as promised and in celebration of La Ragazza dai Piedi di Vetro being available in Italy, here are some pictures for a great folk story collected by the legendary Italo Calvino in his book Italian Folktales. This one is from the same family as The Griffin and The Devil With The Three Golden Hairs (the latter …
I’ve been travelling for a few days, so it wasn’t until just now that I came across the miserable news that Mark Linkous (aka Sparklehorse) died on Saturday. A good friend introduced me to Good Morning Spider in an art class when I was seventeen, and since then Sparklehorse songs have soundtracked many moments of …
Lots of news to impart, with seemingly so little time in which to do so. More details to follow but for now, in brief… I’m going to be appearing at Oxford Literary Festival on Saturday 27th March at 12:00. Flickan med glasfötter and La Ragazza dai Piedi di Vetro have been available for a few …
Oxford Literary Festival, Glass Feet in Italy and Sweden Read More »
I’ve been MIA for a bit, sorting a few things out here and there, but I hope to be back to posting more regularly soon. In the meantime, a mention that I’m going to be appearing at Bath Literary Festival on Sunday 7th March with Mathias Malzieu, author of The Boy with the Cuckoo Clock Heart. Kick-off is …
Nineteen days after the year in question came to an end, I finally complete my list for 2009. Not particularly timely, I know, but here are my final three nevertheless. And although this list was never in any particular order, I do consider these three things to be my favourite discoveries of 2009. So without …