Reading Round Edinburgh

Author : Lindsey Fraser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780863155932
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Round Edinburgh written by Lindsey Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'My love affair with writing in this city culminated in having the book launch of the sixth Harry Potter at Edinburgh Castle, easily my favourite launch so far.'-- J. K. Rowling'A glimpse of a lit room as one passes by is like seeing a little tableau. I don't want to be invited in and shown it in detail. I only want an impression. My imagination can do the rest.'-- Joan Lingard, author of The Sign of the Black Dagger and Tilly and the Badgers'Did you know that if Robert Louis Stevenson had never written ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, there might be no big, green, angry superhero called the Hulk? In fact, there’s a good chance we wouldn’t have an evil Jedi Knight called Darth Vader either.'-- Keith Gray, author of The Runner and Creepers'I decided to poke gentle fun at some of the ladies who’d lived beside us. I turned them all into one Mrs McKitty. These ladies all wore hats from Jenners, and were afraid of nothing and no one. And of course they all had the famous Morningside "Panloaf Accent"!'-- Aileen Paterson, author of the Maisie booksFrom its secret underground streets to the top of Arthur's Seat, the city of Edinburgh has been the inspiration for many children's books and writers.This unique guide will help children and adults to discover Edinburgh through its children's books -- and to discover new books and writers through their city. With full-colour, child-friendly maps for different areas of Edinburgh, the book can be used as an informative walking guide around Edinburgh, or read as a fascinating overview of the city's rich contribution to children's literature.The contributors to the book represent the cream of Edinburgh children's writing, from Joan Lingard and Mollie Hunter to Keith Gray, Gill Arbuthnott and Nicola Morgan. Each writer talks about why Edinburgh is such a perfect setting for their work, and introduces the area closest to their heart. There's also an Introduction by J. K. Rowling.This book is a great present for children (and their families) who live in Edinburgh, or who are visiting the city. It is also a required purchase for libraries as the definitive guide to Edinburgh's literature for children.

Author : Muriel Spark
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 030742202X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Finishing School written by Muriel Spark and published by Crown. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Muriel Spark, the grande dame of literary satire, comes this swift, deliciously witty tale of writerly ambition that recalls her beloved The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.College Sunrise is a somewhat louche and vaguely disreputable finishing school located, for now, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Rowland Mahler and his wife, Nina, run the school as a way to support themselves while he works, somewhat falteringly, on his novel. Into Rowland’s creative writing class comes seventeen-year-old Chris Wiley, a red-haired literary prodigy whose historical novel-in-progress, on Mary Queen of Scots, has already excited the interest of publishers. The inevitable result: keen envy, and a game of cat and mouse fraught with jealousy and attraction, both literary and sexual.

Author : Hammond Mary Hammond
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474446108
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh History of Reading written by Hammond Mary Hammond and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th centuryEmploys a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownershipExamines a wide range of texts and ways of reading them from English poetry and funeral elegies to translated books in PeruChallenges period-based models of readership historyEarly Readers presents a number of innovative ways through which we might capture or infer traces of readers in cultures where most evidence has been lost. It begins by investigating what a close analysis of extant texts from 6th-century BCE China can tell us about contemporary reading practices, explores the reading of medieval European women and their male medical practitioner counterparts, traces readers across New Spain, Peru, the Ottoman Empire and the Iberian world between 1500 and 1800, and ends with an analysis of the surprisingly enduring practice of reading aloud.

Author : HAMMOND MARY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474478724
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE EDINBURGH HISTORY OF READING written by HAMMOND MARY and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip W. Errington
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849669775
Total Pages : 753 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013 written by Philip W. Errington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'As someone who respects comprehensive research, I am in awe of the level of detail and amount of time Philip Errington has dedicated to this slavishly thorough and somewhat mind-boggling bibliography.' J. K. Rowling This is the definitive bibliography of the writings of J. K. Rowling. In addition to complete bibliographic details of each edition of all her books, pamphlets and original contributions to published works, there is detailed information on the publishing history of her work, including fascinating extracts from correspondence, and information on Rowling at auction. This will be the first source on Rowling consulted by textual scholars, book dealers and collectors, auction houses, critics and researchers. The aim of the book is to record fact and dispel rumour on the fascinating publishing history of the Harry Potter series.

Author : Jonathan Rose
Publisher : EUP
ISBN 13 : 9781474494878
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Edinburgh History of Reading written by Jonathan Rose and published by EUP. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Readers casts a fascinating light on the literary experiences of ordinary people.

Author : Mark Hodkinson
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1786899981
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy written by Mark Hodkinson and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Hodkinson grew up among the terrace houses of Rochdale in a house with just one book. Today, Mark is an author, journalist and publisher. He still lives in Rochdale but is now surrounded by 3,500 titles, at the last count. No One Round Here Reads Tolstoy is his story of growing up a working-class lad during the 1970s and 1980s. It’s about the schools, the music, the people – but pre-eminently and profoundly the books and authors that led the way and shaped his life. It’s about a family who didn’t see the point of reading, and a troubled grandad who taught Mark the power of stories. It’s also a story of how writing and reading has changed over the last five decades.

Author : John Christison Oliphant
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781104307110
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Rambles Round Edinburgh (1892) written by John Christison Oliphant and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : London : s.n.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A List of the Books of Reference in the Reading Room of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by London : s.n.. This book was released on 1889 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Regi Claire
Publisher : Leamington Books
ISBN 13 : 1914090594
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Waiting written by Regi Claire and published by Leamington Books. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One wintry day in Edinburgh, elderly Lizzie opens her door to Rachel, a young Swiss woman with stigmata-marked palms. Invading Lizzie's snug existence of dog walks, Café Noirs and Glacier Mints, Rachel forces Lizzie to take stock, forces her to relive her friendship with the late Marlene, Rachel's grandmother – wild, unscrupulous, unprincipled Marlene, who could charm birds out of trees and whose love of life, luxury, liquor and fun has kept Lizzie in thrall all these years. A classic Edinburgh novel, The Waiting is a unique blend of fiction and historical fact from the 1930s to the present day. First published by Word Power Books, Leamington Books is delighted to debut and distribute the eBook of this Edinburgh favourite. * Regi Claire was born and brought up in Switzerland. The Waiting is her second novel and the winner of a UBS Cultural Foundation award. Her other books include the novel The Beauty Room and the two short story collections Inside Outside and Fighting It, both shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year awards. Her first poem, '(Un)certainties', won 1st prize in the Mslexia/PBS Women's Poetry Competition 2019 and was shortlisted for Best Single Poem in the Forward Prizes 2020. A former Royal Literary Fund Fellow and Royal Literary Fund Lector for Reading Round Scotland, Regi teaches at Edinburgh University. She lives in Edinburgh with her writer husband Ron Butlin and their golden retriever. Praise for The Waiting 'Heartbreakingly real and utterly compelling. ... I absolutely loved this book.' Northwords Now 'A delicious read.' Sunday Herald, The Books of 2012 'Truly stunning... the crisp, clean, razor-sharp style of Claire's writing cuts to the heart of a story that will linger in the reader's imagination for long after the final, dazzling passage ends.' Bottle Imp, Association for Scottish Literary Studies 'Reminiscent, at times, of an early Ian McEwan... brilliant period detail... The past, we are assured, is as comforting as it is disquieting.' Times Literary Supplement