Chris Mills

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• Dolls on the Landing: Helen Clare

  

  After writing a piece recently on Tara’s Palace for the Irish News Review I thought I would squeeze in a dolls’ house related post to further indulge my memorie... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Naipaul and a Quick Landing Eight Recap

  

  Progress…As I am feeling very spring-like this on this lovely sunny morn, I will embark upon a fresh assault on the remaining titles on my Landing Eight... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Page Break Meets…Jacqueline Jacques (Part II)

  

  Jacqueline JacquesI hope you enjoyed the first part of the Q and A with writer Jacqueline Jacques, published here yesterday. Follow the link to Part I if you... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Page Break Meets… Jacqueline Jacques (Part I)

  

  As I promised on Thursday, here are the results of an email interview that I conducted with author Jacqueline Jacques about her new novel, The Colours of... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Jacqueline Jacques and Victorian Corruption

  

  This is just a quick post to flag up a new guest on The Landing, Jacqueline Jacques who will be answering questions about her new book Colours of Corruption... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Lymond and Niccolò: Dorothy Dunnett

  

  I was inspired to take down my Dorothy Dunnett books when I read Susan Condon’s recent blog post about re-reading. Dunnett (1923-2001) has written two... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Landing Eight: Mortimer on Rumpole

  

  As you may recall, I have been re-reading Murderers and Other Friends (Penguin, 1995) as part of the Landing Eight mission. Due to the rather inconvenient fact... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mortimer and Rumpole Illustrated

  

  Next on the Landing Eight stash..Lately I have been re-reading John Mortimer’s volume of memoirs in between reading a couple of library books which I needed to... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More Catching Up: Landing Eight Choice

  

  In case you were all thinking that I had allowed my Landing Eight Challenge to fade quietly away, I will just slip in this quick post to let you know the next... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Landing News: A Quick Catch-up

  

  My Month of Letters participation went well this year with at least one item of mail (and often two) posted every day of the month. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Another Challenge: The Easter Egg Hunt Continues…

  

  I wrote a piece for the Irish News Review about participating in the Big Egg Hunt, which is aiming to raise money for the Jack and Jill Foundation. Well, that... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Landing Eight: The Diary of a Nobody…again

  

  I spotted the following item while I was looking for some background information on George and Weedon Grossmith’s The Diary of Nobody:a link to the diary... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• A Guest on The Landing: Sarah Moore Fitzgerald

  

  As previously promised, I am today hosting a new YA  author on The Landing Bookshelves. Sarah Moore Fitzgerald, a professor from Limerick University, publishes... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• The Bones of a Good Story: Richard III

  I was ridiculously excited to hear about the discovery of the mortal remains of Richard of York this week. Those of you who have been with me for a while will... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• One Year on the Landing: A Literary Milestone

  

  Many Happy Returns to The LandingI am pleased to say that today is the First Anniversary of The Landing Book Shelves. There was a time when I thought that I... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 BOOKS

• Latest on the Landing Eight

  

  It’s the green one on the bottom…You may have noticed that things have been rather quiet of late on the Landing. Rest assured that I have not been entirely idle... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Letters in February: It's #LetterMo Time Again

  

  Reblogged from irishnewsreview: I know we are not yet clear of January but I am already looking ahead to February’s comparatively brief span. The reason for al... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• 31 Days: Finding Wordfire

  This series of articles running through January will explore ways of keeping our head above water in physical, mental, emotional and creative areas. There will... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My New Year Message (for What It’s Worth)

  

  I was pondering the vexed question of what my first post for 2013 should be: progress report on the Landing Eight; review of last year’s reading; looking ahead... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Wishing You a Happy New Year from The Landing!

  

  A seasonal peal…Ring out the old, Ring in the new!As 2012 draws to a close and 2013 creeps tantalizingly nearer, I will leave you with a final poem from Read... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE