Mockingjay: Hunger Games #3

Over the weekend I bought the final instalment in the Hunger Games Trilogy. I have been waiting impatiently for this final instalment. I loved the first story and quite liked the second but I really want to know what happens to Katniss and her friends and if this dystopian world will be forced to change. There is plenty [...]

Book covers – a history

I recently found the Cover Archive by Alexander S. Budnitz. I am always fascinated by the covers chosen for books and how why they change with new reprints and editions. The styles over the years also changed with the societal changes. There are some lovely early covers and some of the 1960′s and 70′s covers now appear to [...]

Useful sites (weekly)

teachwithyouripad – home Good wiki resource about ipads.  READING QUOTES Good variety of quotes relating to reading Kosmix: The web organized for you  “The best of social media – filtered and organized by topic.” Free Technology for Teachers: Where Will Kids Put the Internet in the World?  A post from Richard Byrne. Read Write Web [...]

Young Sherlock Holmes

I have just finished reading the first in the Young Sherlock Holmes series Death Cloud by Andrew Lane. I have always loved the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle and have also collected all the movie and television adaptations over the years. This first in a new series of books is a good adventure story set in [...]

Stephen Sewell (Animal Kingdom) podcast

Another interesting podcast from the Radio National BookShow. This is a discussion with writer Stephen Sewell.  Stephen Sewell is best known as a prolific Australian playwright and screenwriter. He has recently had a novel published by Pan Macmillan. It is based on the film, of the same name, Animal Kingdom directed by David Michod. Stephen Sewell briefly touches on his [...]