July 2, 2009
Recognise this little gorilla (via)? Anthony Browne is the new children’s laureate.
Is it possible to raise a child outside of the gender binary? One couple is giving it a go.
Gossip Girl not learned enough for you? Try ‘llectuals: skip a grade, change your life.
A book purporting to illuminate the complexity of sex as between Western and Eastern worlds only serves to perpetuate colonial norms. What a surprise; and not in the news, annoying guys with fetishes for Asian girls will try and pick me up this weekend by saying ‘Konnichi wa’. I will, as usual, pretend I am from Iceland.
Word up on Iran.
Rebecca’s running another round of the Harper-Martel challenge, in which participants pledge to read two of the books novelist Yann Martel sends to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
It’s quite a finicky point of law, but the US Ricci v. Destefano decision regarding racial discrimination in firefighting has raised the issue of what happens when legal principles are decontextualised.
Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award, all you living Victorian writing people. Categories include short story, poetry, three hour book (print) and three hour book (e-book). A three hour book is about 22,000 words in length. The e-book works may contain hyperlinks.
Shortlist for the Frank O’Connor has been released. Makes me want to get onto that Wells Tower collection even quicker.
I practically died when I saw pictures of these Melville House classic novellas at Matt’s blog. I’m still drooling. Go on, click on it. Go on. Seriously. Okay, now count your money.
Comments (2)
Anthony | 3rd Jul 09 | 4:55 pm |
Thanks for the pointer to the MelvilleHouse classic novellas. They are very pleasing. If they provided a one-click option I would buy the set.
estelle | 5th Jul 09 | 11:09 pm |
Anthony — thank god they don't have a one-click option, as my funds are currently not robust enough to withstand such a possibility.