Recent writing As I mentioned last month , I quit writing my Dom Post column to "free up four 5am-7am slots a fortnight for fiction....

My daughter’s favourite movie is Shrek 2 . She’s seen the first and third movies, and Shrek the Halls , but for her there’s only one Sh...

Hello strangers. This is a taste of the music I listened to in June: And this is what I’ve been reading over the last two m...

Music Books There is no time. I only read one book in May. Actually I only listened to one audiobook. The Secret History  by Do...

Tunes My daughter likes music. She likes dancing. Which is cool. Her taste in music is questionable, though. Her favourite song right now ...

March in Music March in Books Thanks to a decent, relatively dry March I've been up a ladder clearing gutters and prunin...

Some notes I made myself before writing another book review Do re-read  John Updike's rules for reviewing books  before starting the ...

Last week the book world came back from their summer break. At least, it seemed that way after things had been awful quiet (for me) since...