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Regular posting will resume soon, but I wanted to provide a link to this wonderful resource, covering plenty of children’s books, that any parent can use (whether you’re homeschooling or not): LitWits Workshops Pinterest boards. I’ve posted before on how much my oldest boy likes their workshops, and we are taking advantage of the many […]
California Bookstore Day, May 3, 2014 Hopefully there’s a store near you… California Bookstore Day is a statewide party on May 3, 2014 as big and varied as the state itself. It’s more than 90 stores in more than 80 zip codes putting their bells on and throwing out the welcome mat. Think Record Store […]
I have not had a chance to listen to this yet but wanted to pass on this information because of the time limit… On Sunday BBC Radio 3 aired a production of Antony and Cleopatra and has it available this week for listening. Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston are in the title roles, directed by […]
I rarely have many new books in my ‘to be read’ stack so I had to commemorate this occasion. You’ll be seeing these titles over the next several weeks, here and elsewhere. The Expedition to the Baobab Tree by Wilma Stockenström, translated by J. M. Coetzee (Archipelago Books) Harlequin’s Millions by Bohumil Hrabal, translated by […]
In a unique series of six films, Shakespeare Uncovered combines history, biography, iconic performances, new analysis, and the personal passions of its celebrated hosts — Ethan Hawke, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Trevor Nunn, Joely Richardson, and David Tennant — to tell the stories behind the stories of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. Produced by Blakeway Productions, 116 […]
I stumbled across this film on Netflix’s instant viewing and decided to watch it since I was familiar with Robert Louis Stevenson’s book, although it’s been quite a while since I’ve read it. I not sure why I wasn’t expecting much, especially since I thought it would be a solid cast, but I think I […]
Pardon the interruption…my wife’s book proposal was close to the deadline so that has been about our only focus for the past week. I have had to continually deal with my arch-nemisis ‘that/which’ too many times for me to care right now. Anyway, back to reading books. My oldest son went to a LitWits Workshop […]
The cover of the first edition of Prae (1934) Continuing on with articles from the current Hyperion issue (mentioned here, there is a lengthy excerpt of the third chapter of Contra Mundum Press’ upcoming release of Miklós Szentkuthy’s Prae, translated by Tim Willkinson. In a post last fall I highlighted another Hyperion article by Filip […]
Cover of Hyperion Volume VIII, No. 1 (spring 2014)Contra Mundum Press’ online magazine, Hyperion, has a new issue available! I’ll post on a few of the articles over the next week. The first article I want to mention is three short pieces by Robert Musil, all translated by Genese Grill. The first piece is “The […]