Tag Archives: Writers

Interview with Karin Cox

Posted on July 4, 2013 by TBM

Today I’m interviewing Karin Cox, author of Cruxim. Many of you know I loved her novel and reviewed it yesterday on the blog. I’m thrilled that Karin agreed to answer some questions. Here we go: You started out as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews | Tagged Author Interviews, Authors, Book Covers, Book Reviews, Books, Cruxim, Fiction, Horror, Karin Cox, Paranormal Romance, Suspense, Vampires, Writers | 12 Comments

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Posted on June 17, 2013 by TBM

For five months I did my best not to enter any bookshops to buy books. My goal was to read more books that I already owned instead of buying new ones that would sit around for years before I opened … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, Haruki Murkami, Japan, Japanese Writers, Kafka on the Shore, Literature, Malaysia, Writers | 73 Comments

A Versatile Writer

Posted on April 19, 2013 by TBM

This week I had the pleasure of listening to Murathan Mungan speak at the London Book Fair. He’s from Turkey. And he has to be one of the most versatile writers I’ve encountered. He has written poetry, plays, short stories, novels, songs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Blogging, Book Discussions, Books, Literature, London, London Book Fair, Murathan Mungan, Photography, Photos, Poets, Stories on the Ottomans, Translations, Turkey, Turkish Writers, Writers | 42 Comments

Elif Shafak

Posted on April 17, 2013 by TBM

Elif Shafak was born in Strasbourg. When she was only one her parents divorced and her mother, who became a diplomat, took her to Turkey and raised her with the help of Shafak’s grandmother. Shafak has also resided in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Writers | Tagged 50 Year Project, Authors, Black Milk, Blogging, Books, Elif Shafak, England, Honour, Life, London, London Book Fair, Photography, Photos, Turkey, Turkish language, Turkish Writers, Writers | 46 Comments

Boyd, William Boyd

Posted on April 16, 2013 by TBM

One of the authors I heard yesterday at the London Book Fair was William Boyd. Boyd, a novelist and screenwriter, has penned seventeen books. He won the Whitbread First Novel Award for A Good Man in Africa in 1981. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1969, 50 Year Project, A Good Man in Africa, An Ice-Cream War, Authors, Award Winning Authors, Blogging, Booker Prize, Books, Costa Book Award, Daniel Craig, England, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Life, London, London Book Fair, Photography, Photos, Pierce Brosnan, Restless, Sean Connery, Solo, Spy Novels, Whitbread First Novel Award, William Boyd, Writers | 22 Comments

How To Be a Woman

Posted on March 5, 2013 by TBM

Last year when I attended the London Book Fair I had the pleasure of listening to an interview with Caitlin Moran, the author of How To Be a Woman. Before the interview started, a young woman sat down next to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Blogging, Book Review, Books, British Writers, Caitlin Moran, England, Feminism, Feminists, Galaxy National Book Award, How to be a Woman, Humor, Life, Life Stories, London Book Fair, Memoirs, Photography, Photos, Women, Writers | 27 Comments

Travel Photo of the Day (January 11)

Posted on January 11, 2013 by TBM

Posted in Travel Photos | Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Blogging, Copenhagen, Danish Writers, Denmark, Europe, Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen, Photography, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photo, Writers | 11 Comments

Travel Photo of the Day (January 6)

Posted on January 6, 2013 by TBM

Posted in Travel Photos | Tagged 50 Year Project, Blog, Blogging, Blue Plaques, England, Historical People, History, Life, London, London Borough of Southwark, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Photography, Teachers, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photo, Women in History, Women's Rights, Writers | 18 Comments

A Christmas Carol Readalong

Posted on December 21, 2012 by TBM

I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen A Christmas Carol performed on the stage and how many movie adaptations and cartoon versions I’ve watched. For some reason I have always loved this story. Yet I never sat down and actually read the original. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged 1001 Books you Must Read Before you Die, 50 Year Project, A Christmas Carol, Blog, Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Christmas Stories, English Authors, Ghosts, Novels, Reading Challenges, Scrooge, Writers | 46 Comments

Travel Photo of the Day (September 23)

Posted on September 23, 2012 by TBM

Aren’t these trees cool? When I saw them, I started to think of ghosts and haunted houses. By the way, Anne Rice, the author, lived in the house behind the trees. I wonder if she felt the same way. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel Photos | Tagged 50 Year Project, Anne Rice, Authors, Garden District, Ghosts, Inspiration, Life, Literature, Louisiana, Nature, New Orleans, Photography, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Journal, Travel Photo, Trees, Writers | 32 Comments