I’m always a bit skeptical when I start reading books based on blogs. I’ve been let down before. But I
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Inside Charlie’s Chocolate Factory
If Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was your favourite book when you were a kid, or if it’s your favourite
Continue readingBook review: Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Of course, there is no one “true way” to make it as an artist, writer, filmmaker, or whatever it is
Continue readingBook review: Drowning Ruth
“Ruth remembered drowning.” – Line one, page one of Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz I’ve had a copy of Drowning
Continue readingInto the woods
Where the Wild Things Are is how I learned about the forest. Actually, let’s be more specific. It’s how I
Continue readingBlood, Bones & Butter (and Writing)
I didn’t really expect to like Gabrielle Hamilton’s Blood, Bones & Butter. Aside from the fact that it’s written by
Continue readingThe art of the paperback
“They can be stuffed in purses, left in buses, dropped in toilets, used as coasters, eaten and thrown away. Their
Continue readingBook review: Van Gogh
“My aim in life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can. Then, at
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