“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don’t need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too important to be […]
While school traditionally separates art and science, theory, and practice, such divisions are artificial. The real world just doesn’t work that way. Architects are artists. […]
File under esoteric #literarytrivia: John Ruskin was Oscar Wilde's first choice as godfather to his youngest son, Vyvyan Holland, but he declined due to his age. Holland translated Henri Barbusse's 1935 biography of Stalin into English. en.wikipedia.org/wik…
Brilliant post Darcy. It is so true that students need a lib…
Thanks Richard. I checked out your blog and particularly enj…
A fantastic post, for sure. I have also read every word Orwe…
"Wanderings of a Spiritualist" turns up in antique bookshops…
Thanks for this interesting comment, Mark. I will check out…
“He hated Scotsmen!” Kay Ekevall “He wrote under the name ‘Orwell’, partly because he preferred separate identity as an author, partly because he disliked he idea of family origins […]
Visiting the Stedelijk Museum with my family, after three rewarding but long days of getting value for money from our museum discount card, was one highlight of our time in […]
“I am a lot better, but I had a bad fortnight with the secondary effects of the streptomycin. I suppose with all these drugs it’s rather a case of sinking […]
“I came back to America in 1939, in October, but do not feel that I am at home yet. New York has been most inhospitable – and I am a […]
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Advocacy, My Daughter, Morris Gleitzman & Jackie French
The School Library Association of NSW invited me to speak about advocacy at their recent conference at the State Library of NSW. I was asked to […]