The big screen has always looked to the literary world for inspiration, including poetry. Poets no doubt are fascinating subjects for film makers. Here are five films, about or inspired by five awesome poets.1. Sylvia {Sylvia Plath + Ted Hughes}Two poets that have had the literary circles speculating about their lives and work are Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. This ...
Hello lovely people. Hope this has been a good week for you all. Here are this week's three fantastic literary links!1. Just discovered this food blog through a friend of mine on Facebook and I just HAD to share these Harry Potter inspired deserts. Hermione's Chocolate Frogs anyone?2. Who would've thought some of the greatest adult fiction authors of our ...
Here are this week's recommendations:1. It's either a work of genius or a complete train-wreck. But I'm intrigued by the idea of Tweet-sized fiction. One site that's doing it: http://nanoism.net/2. Fantastic TED Talk by Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You, which I think is so so relevant for us today: Beware online ...
Eve Listening to the Voice of Adam (Edward Hodges Baily 1788-1867)Taken at the V&A Museum, London The description: "The sculptor is an illustration of a scene from Milton's Paradise Lost where Eve sits beside a lake in the Garden of Eden and describes to Adam 'a shape within the watery gleam'. Adam warns her that ...
I need you! So as some of you may know, I'm currently doing my MA and am now in the process of working on my dissertation. Broadly speaking my dissertation is about reading and reader behaviour in this Web 2.0 age. I don't know how it's shaping up but one of the key parts of the research is getting some ...
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation could very well have been a rather dull read. Lynne Truss however, makes an entire book about colons and full stops, and what a mess people make of it all, into a funny and entertaining read, while being instructive. (I'm sure I got all my punctuation wrong ...
"Marriage" is the big theme in Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice and if there ever was a classic for "all the single ladies" this would be it. I like to think of it as vintage chick lit. With brains. I wanted a song that's upbeat and fun, because essentially, P&P is an absolutely fun read! So Beyonce's Single Ladies in ...
A little on the late side I know, considering it's the weekEND. But here we are: this week's 3 recommendations!Orwell DiariesA blog for hardcore Orwell fans who would like to get to know the man through his diary entries. The entries are posted real time, exactly 70 years later from the original diary entry.Letters of NoteI have no idea how ...
Ladies and gentlemen it is a bittersweet moment: the end of my 30 Day Poetry Challenge. I know it hasn't been exactly a back-to-back 30 day affair but it has been 30 days of 30 poems. I hope you've found something new to take from them, I know I have. For this last post, I've picked a poem (quite aptly) ...
Yesterday, saw the final installment of the Harry Potter film franchise draw to an end with the release and world premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The world premier took place in London's Trafalgar Square and I joined 3000 Potterheads in the hope of seeing the film's stars, but most importantly ...
I spend insane amounts of time on the web and come across some awesome stuff. As and when I find them, I bookmark and share them on my Tumblr. Follow me! But I thought a weekly update on this blog, with three recommended links might be useful. Of course the links are "literary" and if you spend as much time ...
The poem I've chosen for this post goes way back then to those famous "Elocution class" days. I never particularly liked it back then and can't say I have found new appreciation for it now either. But what memories this poem brings: my first foray in to reciting poetry in that elo-cu-ted way, with OTT facial expressions and hardcore RP ...
Whether you're a music lover or a book lover or both, this post is for you. Yes, you! (Sorry, I just HAD to do that.) There is this really fantastic feature that Flavorwire does called Literary Mixtape. To quote their own words:"If you’ve ever wondered what your favorite literary characters might be listening to while they save the world/contemplate existence/get ...
Been pretty stumped for this one; and quite furious with myself for not having realised sooner that I had already included "guilty pleasure" which this sort of overlaps with. Anyway, instead of changing it, I thought I'd just post something that vaguely evokes guilt (or something like it). I suppose the reason why this sonnet by Shakespeare makes me feel ...
Of course every time I read something utterly brilliant I can't help but wish I had half the talent to produce something close to it. So the choices for this post are endless. But I'm going to go with one that's fresh on my mind, having recently re-visited it after watching this film.There are poems that are just born of ...
Cover of Jonathan Cape editionMy head is still spinning, and I'm still grappling with a gastric-induced headache after what has been nothing short of a chaotic literary roller-coaster ride with this book. I myself am surprised that I got through it in a matter of a few days considering its thick spine and subject matter. ...
This was a hard one for me and after much contemplation I think I'm going to go with this poem by Philip Larkin. I think Noah and the Whale could make this into a great song. Charlie Fink are you listening?When First We Faced (by Philip Larkin)When first we faced, and touching showed How well we knew the early moves, ...
