Guess what guys – I’m in Canada! As you read this, I’ll be trying to get over jet lag and, presumably, knee-deep in maple syrup. And/or learning more about Canada so I can drop my maple-syrup-based stereotypes. But I’ve not forgotten you, dear reader, and I thought I’d leave you with a book, a blog post, and a link.
But FIRST *noise of record scratch* I wanted to remind you that the 1968 Club is coming! By the time I’m back from Canada, it’ll be good to go. Exciting!
1.) The book – The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore by Benjamin Hale was recommended to me by my friends Mel and Tom – about a chimp who turns into a man and puts on productions of Shakespeare. Sounds so up my street.
2.) The link – look, sometimes you need to see pictures of people dressed quite similarly to the paintings they’re standing near. If that day is today, then enjoy this link.
3.) The blog post – a few people are reading Margaret Kennedy at the moment. I always end up forgetting almost all the details of a Kennedy novel, but she is still fab. I hadn’t heard of either The Oracles or A Long Time Ago but Ali and Jane have written about them this week. Two blog posts – I’m spoiling you!
Enjoy! And looking forward to #1968!
Thank you for linking my post Simon. I saw those photos of people matching works of art the other day. Absolutely, brilliant.
Welcome to Canada!
I’m a bit late to the party on this one, but your recent Tea or Books brought to mind the great Brian Moore, a son of Belfast, whom I dare embrace as Canada’s greatest novelist. I was further reminded of his 1968 novel I Am Mary Dunne, which is something of a masterpiece.
If I may, in the spirit of the 1968 Club, a few other Canadian books from the year:
Manucrits de Pauline Archange – Marie-Claire Blais
Fin des songes – Robert Elie
No Clouds of Glory [Sarah Bastard’s Notebook] – Marian Engel
The Last of the Crazy People – Timothy Findlay
The Instant Enemy – Ross Macdonald
Dance of the Happy Shades – Alice Munro
Cocksure – Mordecai Richler
Here’s hoping today is the day of your visit to Leacock’s Orillia home. The weather is glorious.
I had just posted the photo link onto our photo club’s fb page when your post arrived shortly afterwards. I have an old Puffin book written in 1968. Might be fun to add to the group.
LOVE the blog post about people matching the paintings! I’ll have to look more carefully at the people around me next time I’m in a museum. I could spend all day reading that post.