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‘Got my book out / I’m reading for fun / laughing out loud again / yeeeeaaaah / readin’ in the USA'
We know graphology is a pseudo-science at best, but Borges' penmanship still creeps me out: analysing writers' personalities from their handwriting.
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‘I wish I could say I was in a bar fight,’ confessed Sorkin, ‘but I broke my nose writing.’ Seven strange writing rituals of famous authors.
We had the legendary bad boys of literature, now it’s time to make way for the ladies.
Romy Ash, author of the upcoming Floundering, was at a photoshoot today for Australian Women’s Weekly. Romy will be featured in their March issue, in a special on ‘faces to watch’ in 2012.
Publisher Michael Heyward, in this Sunday’s Age:
Out of print, out of mind? That’s hardly the way to treat Australian literature.
For a long time in this country it was argued that there was no such thing as Australian literature. As late as 1940, J.I.M.
Mark Twain presents, snarkily, how to commit 114 out of 115 possible violations of literary art in less than a single page.
This ‘10 Legendary Bad Boys of Literature’ post got us thinking about the bad girls of literature we know and love.
The first #fridayfrivolity of 2012! Be sure to follow us on twitter for all kinds of book news.
If you didn’t get an e-reader for Christmas, don’t worry. Print books have more interior design potential, anyway.
Are there enough cats in classic literature? Apparently not.