One of my most consistently popular articles is my Top Ten Crime Writers feature. It is my second most viewed post beaten only by the In Praise of Trailers article. In that I listed 10 crime writers I love..
The BFG
2 November 2011 by Leave a Comment
An ongoing bone of contention in a couple of the #BookTwub discussions has been the feud between fans of Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl as to which is the greatest children’s author. One week Blyton came out on top but the following week Dahl triumphed…
#BookTwub Review – 20 October 2011
25 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
Another Thursday and another #BookTwub chat on Twitter. The fallout from last week’s Roald Dahl/Enid Blyton feud continued. This week though there were more boys taking part in the discussion so Dahl topped the poll. If I counted all of the votes that came in the following day…. Dahl would still have won…
#BookTwub Review – 13 October 2011
18 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
I recently launched #BookTwub, a new Twitter book club. We meet on Thursday nights at 8pm and chat for between an hour and an hour and a half. Once a month we discuss a specific book and in the other weeks we talk generally about books. The number of people joining in each week is growing rapidly – virtually doubling every week…
Top Ten: Children’s Books
7 October 2011 by 5 Comments
I’ve been thinking for a while about writing a post on my favourite children’s books. It’s been going over and over in my head and I’ve been wondering how to choose the list. Would it be my favourite books specifically from childhood…