Stories of The Flood – 3 novels about the future
Since the industrial revolution our lives and relation to the planet have been changing fast. And it seems that the pace of change is not slowing down but quite the opposite. The world is changing in...
View ArticleSome thoughts on moving…
Moving is not fun. Sure, there are some good parts. Looking for an apartment can be fun, for a week or two. Your imagination goes wild with interior design possibilities as you visit one apartment...
View ArticleA Bookworms Month Ahead: October 2013
October is the month for literary prizes. The most awaited prize awarded this month is the Nobel Prize for Literature, but as usual the date will be only be set at the last minute, so we are kept in...
View ArticleBook-mania at the Book Festival
One of the major events on my yearly calendar is the Book Festival, which contrary to its name is not really a festival but an enormous bookstore which travels through The Netherlands and Belgium....
View ArticleHappy Birthday Tea Books & Thoughts!
One year ago I wrote my very first blog post. After pressing the publish button I covered my eyes with my hands, as I always do in similar situations, as if to shield my eyes from some horrible...
View ArticleI am lucky
This week’s Weekly Writing Challenge: Living History asked us to show how current events are not only news, but affect us personally. This made me think about how world events really do not affect me...
View ArticleOn an autumn evening
This post is written in response to this Week’s Weekly Writing Challenge: the Difference Point of View Makes. The challenge is to tell the same story from two or more unique perspectives. Anna...
View ArticleA Bookworms Month Ahead: November 2013
November seems to be the month for Canadians to award their best writer’s, with no less than three Prizes coming up (Scotiabank Giller, Governor General’s and Writers’ Trust). Meanwhile in the US the...
View ArticleWho is scared of Loki?
Firstly I want to apologize for the long break I took from blogging. And I cannot blame my novel or a holiday; I did it out of pure laziness. Perhaps it is the onset of winter with its short dark days...
View ArticleAutumn
I have not spent an autumn in Finland for 16 years, but in my memories Finnish autumn is full of colour. Maples blazing and birches dripping gold. The Finnish word for this phenomenon is ruska. Belgian...
View ArticleA Bookworms Month Ahead: December 2013
December is a great month for book-lovers, or at least for those who have friends and relatives who understand us. Because people who really know us know that what a book-lover wants to find under a...
View ArticleI miss winter
I miss winter. I miss the silence of my steps on a snow covered pavement. I miss the hard lumps of snow on my mittens, and the way they turn into pearls of water on the radiator. I miss the biting...
View ArticleLumi is Finnish for Snow
Brussels, March 2013 – Better late than never In Helsinki two thirds of Christmases are white. In Belgium there have been 11 white Christmases since 1900, most recently in 1986, 2009 and 2010. And...
View ArticleWhat my reading stats say about 2013
As the year draws to a close we tend to think back on the year that has passed and try to evaluate whether, all things considered, it has been a successful one or not. This year I will attempt a more...
View ArticleA Bookworms Month Ahead: January 2014
In terms of awards and festivals the year starts slowly, with only a handful of awards and 4 events in the fair and festival category. For avid readers of British and Irish fiction the two dates of the...
View ArticleThe Books I can’t wait to read in 2014
There is plenty in the way of books for me to look forward to in 2014. Some authors I enjoy a lot are publishing books, among them Helen Dunmore, Kamila Shamsie, Michael Cunningham and Emma Donoghue....
View ArticleTea, Books & Thoughts: the year in review
In the first week of 2014 I kept wondering how all my fellow WordPress bloggers got their hands on these beautiful Annual Reports for their blogs while I had nothing. Was my blog not important enough...
View ArticleOn work and holidays
Almost two weeks have passed since I last posted anything, and the latest post did not require much work on my side. It has not been my intention to neglect my blog, but work has got in the way. The...
View ArticleA Bookworms Month Ahead: February 2014
February does not offer much in terms of literary awards, but if you are curious about the most scathing literary review of 2013 a winner will be unveiled on 11 February. Among the short-listed...
View ArticleThe Geilo Getaway: Part 1 – A long way to the cabin
At the end of November my colleague Erik had the brilliant idea to invite some colleagues to his mountain cabin in Geilo (Norway) for a few days in January. I did not hesitate to say yes, and 2 months...
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