Category: Writing the Long Way Around

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Street Reading

Writing The Long Way Around

Word, y’all! After seeing Stuart Kelly successfully navigate his way round North Fort Street carrying a shopping bag and reading a book, I have been in training. I have never, never been able to read when walking. I did once finish a Dean R Koontz book in the shower because I was scared and needed to get to the soft ending, but I was about 14 so don’t start with me! I Googled ‘ walking and reading’ to see if perhaps Stuart was part of a much bigger movement I have hitherto been ignorant of, but all that search offered … Continue reading Street Reading

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If Carlsberg made accountants…

Writing The Long Way Around

When he is not wrestling with the Inland Revenue, filing my tax returns and grammatically bitch-slapping this blog, my accountant finds the time to indulge his own love of the written word with literary related courses. His most recent was based on a literary Italian connection, and produced a reading list that includes about six or seven books I have always wanted to read with a bottle of Prosecco. Here is that list: Balzac, Honoré de (2007) Sarrasine, London, Hesperus Classics. Douglas, Norman (2009) South Wind, London, Capuchin Classics. Forster, E. M. (2007) Where Angels Fear to Tread, London, Penguin Classics. Godden, … Continue reading If Carlsberg made accountants…

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Get over yourself

Writing The Long Way Around

Passion is always good. Sometimes ill placed, but always well-intentioned. Be a stickler for the causes you hold dear I say, but be careful of letting a bad mood ruin your day. Enter stage left – Professor Rosenthal. Displaying the stereotype of the rude New Yorker, our angry heroine caused a riot in Starbucks resulting in the police escorting her off the premises, warning her never to return. Now there’s a tax payer expenditure bargain. What could incite a learned Prof to start a riot in a haven such as Starbucks you ask? Turns out the Prof in question was … Continue reading Get over yourself