Book Jotter

A reflection on Olivier Norek’s historical novel and the wartime Finland that shaped Tove Jansson

“War often takes us by surprise, and there has to be a first death on our land for us to truly believe in it.”
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An end of week recap

“A book, like a culture, says to its reader: My dear, I’m yours. You are free to do with me what you will. I am your entrance into yourself and into history at the same time.”
– Jerzy Kosinski

Next week I will be taking another short break in

An end of week recap

“To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones.”
– Will Thomas

Tomorrow is D.E.A.R. Day, observed wherever in the world you choose to ‘Drop Everything and Read’. Then, from Sunday until 18th April, it is Hate W...

An end of week recap

“April
Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.”
– Edna St. Vincent Millay

It is currently National Poetry Month in the USA and Ca...