Janus (3): DC Reading List 2021
I’m trying a different format for this year’s reading list: a queue and a read (past tense) list. (Note that many of these are carried… Read More »Janus (3): DC Reading List 2021
Books and Recommendations
Katherine Rundell on children’s books and imagination
Children’s fiction… offers to help us to refind things we may not even know we have lost. Adult life is full of forgetting… When you… Read More »Katherine Rundell on children’s books and imagination
Janus (1): Looking back
Disclaimer: This post was written mostly for me – if you’re not me, you may wish to skip to the end or to skip it… Read More »Janus (1): Looking back
“Led by pleasure and wonder”: Dana Gioia on creating a new generation of readers
You can’t force young people into literature. They need to be led by pleasure and wonder. Creating a new generation of readers is important. When… Read More »“Led by pleasure and wonder”: Dana Gioia on creating a new generation of readers
Recommendation: Better Explained with Kalid Azad
I recently came across Kalid Azad’s Better Explained, and recommend that you check it out. It’s a fantastic resource in itself, and has lots of… Read More »Recommendation: Better Explained with Kalid Azad
First from the source, then from the sides: Seth Godin on how change happens
Your wishes are pure, the change is important, and it’s going to make things better. And you probably believe that things would be better if… Read More »First from the source, then from the sides: Seth Godin on how change happens
Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
Children’s books today do still have a ghost of their educative beginnings, but what they are trying to teach us has changed. Children’s novels, to… Read More »Katherine Rundell on learning from children’s books
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If you find it hard to give up on a book without a guilty conscience – a sense that you’ve wasted something, neglected a duty,… Read More »Page 37
Autocatalysing innovations
Autocatalysing innovations are innovations whose outputs lead to a virtuous cycle of further adoption and innovation. Steam engines The earliest steam engines were used to… Read More »Autocatalysing innovations
Katherine Rundell on the subversive politics of children’s books
A lot of children’s fiction has a surprising politics to it. Despite all our tendencies in Britain toward order and discipline – towards etiquette manuals… Read More »Katherine Rundell on the subversive politics of children’s books