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Book Review: ‘Black Camelot’ by Duncan Kyle

Posted on 16/07/2011 by

‘Black Camelot’ by Duncan Kyle, Collins, 1978 This is generally praised as one of British thriller-writer Duncan Kyle’s best books but, I must admit, I found it disappointing.  It begins very brightly but before long the main protagonist, a German officer … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: W. H. Auden on the addictiveness of sins

Posted on 16/07/2011 by

‘All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.’ ~ W. H. Auden

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Writers’ — and readers’ — quote of the day: G. K. Chesterton on the difference between a good and bad novel

Posted on 12/07/2011 by

‘A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.’ ~ G. K. Chesterton

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Writers’ quote of the day: David Adams Richards on making a living as a literary writer

Posted on 09/07/2011 by

Despite much critical success, it was years before Canadian literary novelist David Adams Richards made money at writing.  He says about sales of his early work: ‘For a long while if I sold 200 books, I’d be saying: Oh, great!  And, you … Continue reading →

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Writers’ quote of the day: Somerset Maugham on the best writing style

Posted on 07/07/2011 by

‘The best style is the style you don’t notice.’ ~ Somerset Maugham

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Book Review: ‘Flyaway’ by Desmond Bagley, a Saharan thriller from Britain’s Golden Age

Posted on 04/07/2011 by

Book Review: ‘Flyaway’ by Desmond Bagley Desmond Bagley was one of Britain’s top thriller writers during the latter part of that country’s ‘Golden Age’ of thriller writing, roughly the late Fifties to about the middle Eighties.  ‘Flyaway’ was published by … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘Toward the Gleam’ by T. M. Doran, a good idea poorly executed

Posted on 26/04/2011 by

‘Toward the Gleam’ by T. M. Doran, Ignatius Press, 2011 I have just finished reading this novel and must admit that I was sadly disappointed.  It is advertised as an action adventure in which the main protagonist “races against time” … Continue reading →

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The Rob Bell debate: ‘Love Wins’ debuts at number 2 on the New York Times’ bestseller list

Posted on 25/03/2011 by

Rob Bell’s new book on heaven and hell debuted this week at No. 2 on the New York Times’ bestseller list.  Bell says that “he never set out to be controversial.”

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How does Pope Benedict XVI write his books?

Posted on 17/02/2011 by

The old-fashioned way.  By hand: For him, writing is not work, he does it in his spare time.  For example, it was widely reported that the interviews with Peter Seewald, which make up Light of the World, were conducted during the … Continue reading →

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Anne Rice groupies invade Catholic blogs, post hate speech supporting her anti-Catholic rants

Posted on 09/02/2011 by

It seems that the moment a conservative Catholic blogger dares to disagree with vampire novelist and recently re-minted arch Catholic-basher Anne Rice, a host of her groupies will descend upon said blog and spam it with hate speech against the … Continue reading →

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C.S. Lewis on marriage and divorce

Posted on 18/06/2008 by

‘Before leaving the question of divorce, I should like to distinguish two things which are very often confused.  The Christian conception of marriage is one: the other is the quite different question — how far Christians, if they are voters … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest’ by Rudy Wiebe

Posted on 25/05/2008 by

‘Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest’ by Rudy Wiebe Rudy Wiebe, the great Canadian Christian novelist, has here provided us with his youthful autobiography.  His parents, devout Mennonite Brethren, fled Russian Communism in the late 1920’s for farmland … Continue reading →

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