Tonight I’m finishing off the fellowship of the ring. It’s just such a perfect trilogy (aside from the lack of women and …you know every other aspect…Satisfying Sunday I met a book clubber! 😍😍😍
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Bookclub, Buddies and Brooding
On Thursday, when chatting with a bestie during our reading night, I was so smug that I was 2 books ahead for two of my book clubs. I could read …Bookclub, Buddies and Brooding I blogged about book club on today’s post from the other me.
PLUG – Insane Animals – Cast Recording
In February this year (only 6 months ago but the Before Times seem a long way away now), I travelled down to HOME in Manchester to watch a time travelling genera bending musical/play. Our alien entertainers And what a play it was! (My immediate reactions are HERE) Based on the Epic of Gilgamesh - one … Continue reading PLUG – Insane Animals – Cast Recording
Beautiful literary based art video
From my mum. https://youtu.be/NOsSYpr3bl8 Which is your favourite? This was published on the 13th of August and is a production of the municipal library ‘Mateo Garcìa’, which I think is in Murcia, Spain. Isn’t it wonderful to see how libraries across the world are continuing to engage and capture our minds, despite “all this...currently going … Continue reading Beautiful literary based art video
Audiobooking my way through lockdown (aka how I refound my reading mojo)
Over the past several months, I’ve hit a serious reading block. Not a slump or a spell; an honest to gods Book Based Block. While I’ve just about managed to read our book club choices month to month, I haven’t been reading anything else. At all. And then we went into lockdown. The first few … Continue reading Audiobooking my way through lockdown (aka how I refound my reading mojo)
POEM – I’m so Black – R.J. Wright & Xach Blunt
Originally published in 2017 by Write About Now (WAN) on YouTube, but I’ve only discovered it today. https://youtu.be/-yjXRm1yLQg Visit the WAN website - I’ve linked to their statement on Black Lives Matter here.
Signal for Help – Domestic Violence Support
I just spotted this PSA on instagram this morning. The Canadian Women's Foundation provides support and advice to women in Canada. At the beginning of Lockdown; they released the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUJV-9wvdB8 Isolation can increase the risk of violence at home. If this is the case for you, use this signal on a video call … Continue reading Signal for Help – Domestic Violence Support
POEM – You don’t get to be racist and Irish – Imelda May
Imelda May has written a poem about the times we are living in, recently released on the RTE website. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2589654271286177
Douglas Coupland article on the guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/29/i-miss-my-pre-internet-brain-slogans-coronavirus-douglas-couplandDouglas Coupland article on the guardian
Happy Towel Day
A bit of history from Wikipedia - Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and … Continue reading Happy Towel Day
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