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Archive for February, 2009

Crush of the Week

Posted in Day-to-Day on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week, The Book Gnome will be mostly crushing on the latest series of ‘Supernatural’.  Demons, monsters, heavy metal puns and cute evil-hunters, all packaged up with a humorous tone last seen effectively applied in ‘The X-Files’ … what’s not to love?

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Seamus Heaney and Why We Write

Posted in Authors, Books, Poetry, Reading, Writing on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been picking up my poetry collections recently and dipping in – something I promised myself I’d do more of this year.  They’ve followed me everywhere and I find that there’s a comforting feeling coming back to my old favourites, like visiting old friends you haven’t seen for a while.  A love of poetry is [...]

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Reawakening The Gnome

Posted in Day-to-Day on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So, for reasons beyond the ken of man and monster, I haven’t been able to write very much on this blog of late (well, to make it sound slightly less exciting but more accurate, I’ve been very time-poor, but I like myths and monsters better).  I’ve managed to get some posts written which I will [...]

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