Happy weekend! Apparently it’s going to be very warm here in the UK, though hopefully not too warm to be sitting on a train to London, which I’ll be doing at some point. I’ll feed back on that in due course. For now, a book, a blog post, a link!
1.) The blog post – is Sheree’s very interesting discussion about what makes a book a classic. This is the perennial question, of course, but I really like how she goes about exploring it.
2.) The link – is another interesting discussion, this time from the Hay festival. Deborah Moggach was in conversation with Tracey Chevalier about having their novels adapted into films and Moggach has some very intriguing things to say.
3.) The book – there keep being new “Oliver Sack’s last ever book”, which can feel a little callous – but I know that I’ll need to get my hands on Everything In Its Place, which is a collection of essays that have appeared in various places online and in periodicals. Let’s face it, I can never get enough Sacks.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone – back late today with whatever I’m reading for 25 Books in 25 Days!
Thanks for highlighting that discussion on ‘the classic’. Agree with you that the systematic way she approached the question is refreshing.
It’s great, isn’t it?
Awww, thank you! Glad to hear!
How exciting to open the weekend miscellany post, and see ME! This must be what bands feel like when they hear their song played on the radio 😂 Thank you so much for sharing, glad the post was of interest!
Aww, that’s nice!!