Tag Archives: reading

Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last – Book Review

Posted on August 7, 2017 by literarylad

The Heart Goes Last is set in an almost contemporary America where the distribution of wealth has become so unequal that large numbers of people are falling out of society. The book follows a couple who, without steady jobs and a … Continue reading →

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Independent Bookshops

Posted on June 26, 2017 by literarylad

On Saturday, Mrs Literarylad and I went for a long walk along the Beacons Way which, as the name suggests, is in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Our walk started in Crickhowell, described on the information centre website as a … Continue reading →

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Editing – Part Two

Posted on October 24, 2016 by literarylad

I may have had reservations at the start, but I’m getting seriously into this editing malarkey now. I’m really beginning to appreciate the value of clarifying and simplifying what had become a fairly complex set of inter-weaving stories. It isn’t … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Establishment…

Posted on August 9, 2016 by literarylad

…And how they get away with it.  By Owen Jones.                         This was not an easy book to read; not calming or uplifting. Jones sets out a tale of how, over … Continue reading →

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The Devil Rides Ute

Posted on April 19, 2016 by literarylad

I seem to remember I might have promised (or was it threatened) some more poetry. So here it is, another piece from my sojourn down under, inspired by a monstrous vehicle that trundled past me one day while I was … Continue reading →

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First Reading

Posted on December 17, 2015 by literarylad

Last week, I did the first ever public reading of my work. It was at the monthly meeting of the Cardiff Humanists group, to which I’ve been going for more than a year now (Cardiff Humanists). The theme for this month’s meeting … Continue reading →

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Ragnarok – hit or myth?

Posted on January 22, 2014 by literarylad

Reading is easier than writing. No need for research, no searching for ideas and inspiration, no getting into the mood, no agonising over the construction of sentences and the order of events and whether characters, and the plot, are interesting, … Continue reading →

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I’d rather be writing…

Posted on March 26, 2013 by literarylad

…literary fiction than spending time struggling to work out how to format a blog site. Never mind; it’ll be worth it when it’s done. To think I used to work in IT! It seems that switching it off and on … Continue reading →

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