Laura Canning's Blog - Posts Tagged "whatever-happened-to-billy-parks"
Football, Eimear McBride and a draft very almost done
Coo! It's been quite a while - I blame the World Cup. And also finally - finally - seeing the end to the sequel of Taste the Bright Lights: only 3000 more words to go.
I've also been reading as for a wager: Josephine Tey, several mystery novels (I seem to prefer the Christie/Wodehouse/Tey dry style), more Shakespeare, the spectacularly good and sad Whatever Happened to Billy Parks, and the superb A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by someone I think I have a ladycrush on, Eimear McBride. (Note to the Guardian: her first name is *not* pronounced Eema. Jesus.)
Huge congrats to Eimear and to the fab Galley Beggar Press (I also have a bit of a ladycrush on them) for believing in the book and for insisting it should be heard. It's been both interesting and a tad hilarious watching the flood of interviews and reviews insisting that of course the book is a work of genius - yet it's a book that took ten years even to be published. Kudos to both once more. Galley Beggar publish stories for £1 and send at least one to your inbox every month for a year for £12 - have a look at their publications here: http://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/book-st...
The referred to tickets in my last blog have (halfish) come to pass - I've been to We Will Rock You and they did play Bohemian Rhapsody (and I make no apology for 'singing' loudly into my glowstick); and Iron Maiden is tomorrow. The latest clutch of blogs - on Brittany, surfing and sailing, my advice for celebrities busting up, UK horse shows, a sporty summer, French theme parks and - of course - how to watch the World Cup:
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jul...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
Have a great weekend, all,
L
I've also been reading as for a wager: Josephine Tey, several mystery novels (I seem to prefer the Christie/Wodehouse/Tey dry style), more Shakespeare, the spectacularly good and sad Whatever Happened to Billy Parks, and the superb A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by someone I think I have a ladycrush on, Eimear McBride. (Note to the Guardian: her first name is *not* pronounced Eema. Jesus.)
Huge congrats to Eimear and to the fab Galley Beggar Press (I also have a bit of a ladycrush on them) for believing in the book and for insisting it should be heard. It's been both interesting and a tad hilarious watching the flood of interviews and reviews insisting that of course the book is a work of genius - yet it's a book that took ten years even to be published. Kudos to both once more. Galley Beggar publish stories for £1 and send at least one to your inbox every month for a year for £12 - have a look at their publications here: http://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/book-st...
The referred to tickets in my last blog have (halfish) come to pass - I've been to We Will Rock You and they did play Bohemian Rhapsody (and I make no apology for 'singing' loudly into my glowstick); and Iron Maiden is tomorrow. The latest clutch of blogs - on Brittany, surfing and sailing, my advice for celebrities busting up, UK horse shows, a sporty summer, French theme parks and - of course - how to watch the World Cup:
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jul...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/may...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
https://www.pitchup.com/blog/2014/jun...
Have a great weekend, all,
L
