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Dæmon Voices #review and my #reading in November

Posted by | Published on November 25, 2017

Philip Pullman’s Dæmon Voices – Essays on Storytelling is pleasurable reading for English teachers, students, writers and anyone who loves stories. Best known for the […] 

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La Belle Sauvage #BookofDust #review and my #reading in October

Posted by | Published on October 29, 2017

“But the meaning of a book is never just what the author thinks it is. It’s a great mistake to rely on the author to […] 

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Review #GeorgeOrwellOnScreen  →

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My positive disposition towards George Orwell On Screen (Adaptations, Documentaries and Docudramas on Film and Television) – before ever getting to read it – was due to David Ryan‘s generous assistance. The author provided […] 

#STC1984 #Orwell A New Adaptation by Icke & MacMillan #review and my #reading in July  →

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“I think we’ve ended up being incredibly faithful to the book.” Duncan MacMillan George Orwell’s last novel, published in 1949, was not expected to have much of a shelf life […] 

Homage to Stansky and Abrahams: Orwell’s first biographers*  →

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“I request that no memorial service be held for me after my death and that no biography of me shall be written.”  (Eric Blair, 18 January 1950) “Perhaps Orwell was […] 

George Orwell and William Shakespeare  →

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George Orwell aka Eric Blair (1903-50) is now clearly second only to Shakespeare in the pantheon of English literary giants. In our current contemporary context, where hyperbole is coin of […] 

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