Chris Mills

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• Westwood by Stella Gibbons

  

  Alighting on Westwood as the next Landing read was the first result of my rummage and dusting session, and it is a mere whippersnapper at only a couple of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Maytime Poetic Interlude: London Bells

  

  Browsing through the ‘One City One Book’ poetry book, If Ever You Go brought to my mind last year’s birthday present from my daughter. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Landing (The TBR Pile) Spring Clean

  

  Recently I have been contemplating the prospect of tackling a spring-cleaning session in the magic realm known as  The Landing. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books and Grief: Talking to Ourselves by Andrés Neuman

  

  A recent addition to the Landing Bookshelves has been Andrés Neuman’s Talking to Ourselves (courtesy of the publishers, Pushkin Press). Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books Are for Everyone

  

  Chris Mills:As a bookseller my heart sank into my boots every time a customer asked for the ‘boys’ or the ‘girls’ books. I used to do my best to convince... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Daniel Seery: A Model #LandingAuthor

  

  As promised yesterday, and just in time to liven up a chilly Monday morning in Dublin are a few questions that I put to Daniel Seery, author of A Model Partner... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Introducing #LandingAuthor Daniel Seery

  

  As I mentioned on Twitter earlier this week, I am due to host debut author Daniel Seery (A Model Partner, Liberties Press) on The Landing. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Spoils from the Trinity College Book Sale

  

  As regular readers probably realise, I  don’t need to be adding any more books to the huge TBR Pile that is the Landing Book Shelves but nevertheless I brought ... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Boris Pasternak: Doctor Zhivago

  

  As I mentioned previously I’m continuing with my Russian theme by reading Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak) which I had for Christmas (it seems ages ago now! Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• An Interview with Karen Vaughan…

  

  Chris Mills:This post from Daniel Seey’s blog is an interview with one of my colleagues, graphic designer Karen Vaughan. When I discovered from reading this tha... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• When Omar Met Julie: Doctor Zhivago on Film

  

  I’m still reading Doctor Zhivago, having been side tracked by a couple of other books along the way. As I was getting further into the book, I realised that eve... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Books Books Books

  Chris Mills:This post hails from far away from The Landing Book Shelves – Mombasa in fact. Anna, the daughter of my bookseller friend Natalie is teaching there... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Musings on Tolstoy’s Women

  

  First edition, 1869Now that I’ve finished my mammoth Tolstoy reading challenge, I’ve been trying to come up with an angle for a blog post on War and Peace... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Doctor Zhivago: More Russian Literature

  

  My Christmas Present…This reading year is beginning briskly with Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago (Vintage Books) which is a new resident on the Landing Book... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Christmas Classic: A Christmas Carol

  

  I hope you are all enjoying the Christmas break and managing to fit in a spot of reading in between dealing with the left-over turkey and stuffing. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Christmas Decorations on The Landing

  

  This is just a quick post to give you some idea of what The Landing Book Shelves look like at Christmas. This is also just in case some of you doubt that the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lewis Chessmen and Noggin the Nog

  

  Last Saturday afternoon my daughter and I went along to one of the National Gallery of Ireland’s regular showings of made for television art documentaries.... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• First Day of Advent

  

  This time last year I was just embarking on my Advent Calendar challenge for the Landing Book Shelves but this year’s December won’t be as bustling. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More on the War and Peace Challenge

  This short War and Peace post is a diversion from the actual text of the novel, being a clip from the 1956 film version of Tolstoy’s novel. Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another Bit of Memoir: The Perils of Travel

  

  Now that Christmas is nudging a little closer, my thoughts have been turning to sorting out the logistics of popping over to see my parents. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE