Trawling the internet, researching libraries and databases, and occasionally from material sent to me, I discover things I did not know much about, or indeed at all! There can be more than one Discovery of the Day.
I have just returned from Australia … and this is good to see today on Amazon.
… And a testament to the pleasure as well as usefulness of using the web, blogs and social networking sites is that I already now have a tweet from someone who has read above, and is pleased too – and thus have found an intriguing and enjoyable blog, Fantastic Reads.
I have been in Australia for part two of the wedding of my-coeditor (and son!). SO we have gone quiet here..but will start posting again over Easter. Indeed Easter Greetings to all who read this blog …
On being awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature a few days ago, Julian Barnes said:
It seems to me that the practice of reading is currently more under threat than the practice of writing. There will always be young writers; will there always be young readers? Our literacy levels are falling, and – disgracefully – public libraries are threatened with closure.
And in the main “Authors and Illustrators” section (of children’s books), The Eagle of the Ninth Kindle eBook is No 3, The paperback edition is No 6, and The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (which includes The Silver Branch, and The Lantern Bearers also) is No 10. Not bad eh! And ahead of Michael Morpungo’s Warhorse – which intriguingly sells more in book form than as an eBook. (I wonder what actual numbers these all involve?)
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 