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30 March 2021
Spring has finally returned.
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Book review: ‘How to Take Smart Notes’ by Sönke Ahrens
One simple technique to boost writing, learning and thinking: for students, academics and nonfiction book writers.
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Book review: ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King
Cult author Stephen King explains how he goes about writing his punchy prose. Not being a great fan of fiction, I’ve only ever read one of King’s novels—Misery, which was excellent—but the advice he imparts applies mostly as well to any genre of writing. A large proportion of this book is memoir, rather than writing…
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‘To the Lighthouse’ by Virginia Woolf
Streams of consciousness in the Hebrides.
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Book review: ‘Congenial Spirits’ by Virginia Woolf
The selected letters of Virginia Woolf.
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Book review: ‘Keep Going’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to stay creative in good times and bad.
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Book review: ‘Show Your Work’ by Austin Kleon
Ten ways to share your creativity and get discovered.
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28 February 2021
Late February seems to have decided it’s April.
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Book review: ‘A Writer’s Day-Book’ by Ronald Blythe
Essays about books and authors.
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Book review: ‘Bento’s Sketchbook’ by John Berger
A compelling mix of journal, reminiscences, sketches, and art theory.
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Book review: ‘Gone’ by Michael Blencowe
A search for what remains of the world’s extinct creatures.