One of my favourite authors, Emily Jane Brontё, was born on this day, July 30th, in 1818. Read my birthday profile over at For Books’ Sake
More Brontё-related posts here
Bookish Birthdays: Emily Brontё
30 Saturday Jul 2011
Category Archives: Fiction
The Feminist Press
13 Wednesday Jul 2011
Posted in Books, Fiction, Non-Fiction
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My article on The Feminist Press – the world’s most enduring women’s publisher, based at New York’s City University – is posted today at For Books’ Sake
‘Black Dahlia and White Rose’
27 Monday Jun 2011
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Marilyn Monroe
L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories
L.A. Noire is styled like a detective movie of the 1940s. Aesthetically, it pays homage to film noir, while adapting new technologies like real-time action and multiple camera angles. Set in post-war Los Angeles, it also features a jazz soundtrack. Publication of an e-book of eight short stories by some of the world’s leading writers – in genres ranging from literary to pulp fiction – was announced in May. Each piece is set in 1947, the same year that casino owner Bugsy Siegel and Elizabeth Short (‘The Black Dahlia’) were murdered. Continue reading
Lives Like Loaded Guns
10 Friday Jun 2011
Posted in Books, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry
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Two new reviews posted at For Books’ Sake this week: Lyndall Gordon’s literary biography, Lives Like Loaded Guns – Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds, and Between Shades of Gray, a novel for young adults set in wartime Eastern Europe, by first-time author Ruta Sepetys.
Fictional Characters: Paula Spencer
05 Thursday May 2011
I have chosen Paula Spencer, heroine of Roddy Doyle’s novels, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors and its sequel, Paula Spencer, as my favourite fictional character. Find out why at For Books’ Sake
Tara Hanks 
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