18 Apr 2009 13 Comments
in books, fantasy, Inspiration Tags: books, earthsea, fantasy, gandalf, hambly, le guin, lord of the rings, t h white, tolkien, wizard
What is the collective noun for a group of wizards? A “wrath” of wizards? An “argument”? I’ve been gathering together some of my favourite wizards.
First, of course will always be Gandalf. I grew up on The Lord of The Rings and of all the characters, Gandalf is the most compelling. He has become my benchmark of what a wizard should be. Here is my favourite image of him, from that famous poster by Jimmy Cauty : More
15 Apr 2009 4 Comments
in Art, Illustration Tags: books, clarissa leahy, cornelia funke, Illustration, james c christiansen, madalina iordache-levey, margaret mahy
Do you remember the time before you could read, paging through books and looking at the pictures? And once you could read, not really believing that what was written down was the full story? Some pictures are so evocative and mysterious I never felt convinced that I now knew all their secrets.
I’ve been gathering such images and here are some of my favourites. Firstly there is the photographic artist Madalina Iordache-Levey. This image is called “The Mysterious Disappearance of Miss Peregrinne Ploot: More
19 Jun 2008 9 Comments
in books Tags: books, children's books, reading
Don’t you find some books are just MADE to be read out loud? Phrases stick in your head, and you can recite bits of them at will. How about “The Thirteen Clocks” by James Thurber:
This is how it starts: More
Masha du Toit 
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