With only 6 days to go until the 200th anniversary of Edgar's birth you may have thought I'd forgotten all about my iPoe reading challenge, but I haven't. Way too many commitments pushed my progress through this to the back, but today I managed to … [Read more...]
The New Adventures of Edgar & Rob!
December 15, 2008 By 1 Comment
You'll never guess who came to stay at the weekend? (well actually you probably would, simply from looking at the snapshots, but just humour me OK? :o)) That's right, none other than Mr. Edgar Allan Poe! He'd heard about the iPoe Reading Challenge … [Read more...]
iPoe Reading Challenge progress
November 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Apologies to those tuning in to follow the progress on my recently launched iPoe Challenge, only to find I've not made a lot of progress really. What would seem like a dormant reading challenge is actually quite the opposite. I've been busy … [Read more...]
Nevermore 2009: Poe’s bicentennial celebration event announced
November 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment
You probably know that I've kicked off my own little celebration, but a few days ago in Baltimore, a press conference gave notice of the launch in January, of the official year-long Edgar Allan Poe bicentennial celebration event - Nevermore 2009. … [Read more...]
On My Shelves: A fresh batch of booky goodness
October 21, 2008 By 1 Comment
Tuesday is ‘On My Shelves’ day and today, instead of highlighting a particular book(s) that's already on my shelves, I thought I'd turn instead to present the fresh batch of titles I picked up for my shelves, today in Waterstones (Edinburgh). … [Read more...]
Animated: Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart
October 12, 2008 By 2 Comments
One of the best short stories I've read during my 100 Shots of Short reading challenge so far, has undoubtedly been Edgar Allan Po's Tell-Tale Heart (afterthoughts). I'm not sure if it's the dark brutality of the story, the sheer madness portrayed in … [Read more...]