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Monthly Archives: July 2014
The Foundling Boy
The Foundling Boy by Michel Déon is a modern classic of French literature published in France as Le Jeunne homme vert by Gallimard in 1975 but only recently finding its way into English. Déon is an immortel (a member of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Reading, Reviews, Translation
Tagged books, classics, fiction, France, French books, Gallic Books, Julian Evans, Michel Déon, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews, The Foundling Boy, translation
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The Business Of Literary Translation
This was the title of the Emerging Translators Network‘s first event – a day designed to be a practical guide for early career or beginning translators. Held at the Free Word Centre on Monday this week, it was jam-packed with … Continue reading
Rediscovering Little House on the Prairie
One advantage of the football World Cup has been having a lot more time for reading undistracted by the television. It enabled me to get through a fantastically good doorstop of a German book for New Books in German – … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children's Books, Reading, Reviews
Tagged 4th July, Almanzo Wilder, American books, books, children's books, Children's literature, classics, Independence Day, Judith Thurman, Laura Ingalls, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House books, Little House on the Prairie, Ma and Pa, reading, recent reads, recommendations, reviews, Rose Wilder Lane
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Oh-bla-di, oh-bla-da, life goes on
So, here we are. After all the fighting, protesting and general agitation, ideology has trumped evidence, justice and democracy. Cavell Primary and Nursery School is now The Edith Cavell Academy. We had one last protest yesterday morning but we’re not … Continue reading
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