If Christmas is a time for book-giving, then New Year is a time for reading, and in readiness for this particularly indulgent time of year I cleared my reading decks so I was free for a novel I’ve been waiting to read for some time. The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt, is a doorstop of aContinue reading “In Defence of Slow Reading”
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The Writer’s Retreat… with Anna Freeman
The Writer’s Retreat is a new regular (or possibly irregular) feature. Here is the scenario: You have one month alone on a remote Scottish Island. You have a comfortable cabin and enough food to last the duration. The only contact you have with the outside world is a radio. There is no television, internet access orContinue reading “The Writer’s Retreat… with Anna Freeman”
Sally Gander 