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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Gifts from students
One of my all time favourite books (I’m talking top three here) was recommended to me by a student. The book is ‘House of Leaves‘, by Mark Z. Danielewski and is hard to describe, it’s so complex and mind-bending. All I can say is whenever I meet someone who’s read it (which is rare), weContinue reading “Gifts from students”
Sally Gander 