(b)logophile

Next week it’s Brendan Adkins’ birthday, and he’s giving us a present. Ommatidia, the first Anacrusis book, already exists. Wow. And in a week or so we’ll be able to order it. That gives you about a week to trawl through the archives and discover that that’s exactly what you’re going to do. Update: It’s [...]

The supercool Small Beer Press are publishing a collection of short stories by John Kessel, and alongside the print release they’re offering non-DRM, free downloads (pdf/html/rtf/txt) released under Creative Commons license. There’s a Kessel story in The Best of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet (“The Red Phone”) and it’s very short, very odd and very funny. [...]

LibraryThing might not be “all the wonderful”, but it’s a lot of the wonderful. Still, it’s pretty scary when it knows more about the state of my relationship than I do. Sifting through my recommendations I found Changing Babies by Deborah Moggach. You can bet I clicked that button labelled “Why” in double-quick time, and [...]

The comic. The result (with photos). Awesome.

I’ve added a few photos to my album site: a small selection of choice graffiti pieces from both hemispheres (a professional had been busy in Dunedin when I visited). The album is entitled “I WiLL Not dRAW AS I AM toLd”, after a delightful piece I found this afternoon. (There are also a couple more [...]