Stuff you might like
Sep. 28th, 2009 09:16 pmStolen shamelessly from Ken MacLeod's blog:
Farah Mendlesohn is blogging her research and reading on the influential writer of children's historical fiction, Geoffrey Trease:
treaseproject
I have fuzzy but fond memories of reading a few of his books when I was aged about 8-10. I had no idea there were so many, and I certainly had no idea he was quite left-wing (though apparently a lot of that element was removed from later editions).
Anyway, I'll be following this with interest.
Farah Mendlesohn is blogging her research and reading on the influential writer of children's historical fiction, Geoffrey Trease:
I have fuzzy but fond memories of reading a few of his books when I was aged about 8-10. I had no idea there were so many, and I certainly had no idea he was quite left-wing (though apparently a lot of that element was removed from later editions).
Anyway, I'll be following this with interest.