Meg Rosoff's Blog, page 7

“One of the almost nonexistent real authors.”

You know me, dear blogees.  I’m not one to blow my own modest little brass trumpet. Nevertheless. Every once in a while a fan letter appears that just makes a person smile. Which is what this one does. (The book in question, by the way, is Just In Case. I’ll explain it to him later.) [...]

"One of the almost nonexistent real authors."

You know me, dear blogees.  I'm not one to blow my own modest little brass trumpet. Nevertheless. Every once in a while a fan letter appears that just makes a person smile. Which is what this one does. (The book in question, by the way, is Just In Case. I'll explain it to him later.) [...]

FAN LETTERS. SIGNED BY THE ARTHUR.

I found this letter on the most wondrous of blogs, so full credit to lettersofnote.com. Anyone who's been facebooking or tweeting might have seen it, but it was just too good not to share with everyone else. While you read, I'll go answer a few (moderately illiterate) fan letters. In 1958, a schoolboy named Robert [...]

I love Gecko Press

This is a shameless endorsement. I am, however, not the BBC, so can express my love for Gecko without having to give Disney a right to reply. Gecko Press is a small New Zealand-based publisher of picture books from around the world — in translation. If you're not intimately involved in publishing, you may not [...]

Bella and Peta are so last year.

Hello dear loyal bloggees. I know you depend on me for the latest and hottest trends in everything from literature to haute couture — and today I shall not disappoint you. Yes, I have compiled a list of some of the most exotic and cutting edge baby names from around the world, all of which [...]

Greetings from your neighbourhood antichrist, oy vey.

There hasn't been a really good book burning round these parts in, uh, I dunno — ages. And if you can't get your blasphemous tome piled up by the far right and turned into one of those combination marshmallow roast/witch-trial thingies in an election year, I don't know what the world is coming to. So [...]

I hope my publisher isn’t reading this.

I think I’ve had it with social media. I’m pretty much done with pictures of people’s rabbits and children and train journeys. I tried twitter, and though it provides the occasional moment of entertainment, mainly it feels like hundreds of strangers jabbering at each other for no particular reason. (Yes, I know someone finished her [...]

I hope my publisher isn't reading this.

I think I've had it with social media. I'm pretty much done with pictures of people's rabbits and children and train journeys. I tried twitter, and though it provides the occasional moment of entertainment, mainly it feels like hundreds of strangers jabbering at each other for no particular reason. (Yes, I know someone finished her [...]

A few thoughts on International Women’s Day.

Let’s jump right in at the deep end. Are men really the enemy? Of course the answer is yes, insofar as they get paid more for the same work, start all the wars (go on, name me some wars that women started), and have spent a milllenium or two defining success in such a way [...]

A few thoughts on International Women's Day.

Let's jump right in at the deep end. Are men really the enemy? Of course the answer is yes, insofar as they get paid more for the same work, start all the wars (go on, name me some wars that women started), and have spent a milllenium or two defining success in such a way [...]