Books

[altariel]

Good pickings in town today, including one of the Dolphin Rings books by Rosemary Sutcliff that I was missing, The Silver Branch, and the bookshop owner taking pity on me when I came up to the till with a pile and then saw the one I'd gone if for (he knocked 50p off).

Got Brendan Kennelly's Glimpses: very short poems, no more than a few lines, vernacular and sharp and funny:


"No place like home," she said,
     eighty in her rocking chair
"where you can spit in the fire
     saucer your tea
       and call the cat a bastard."

Comments

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for bookshopping!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

I like that poem.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Me too :-)

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Glad I'm not the only one who swears at their cat ;-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think you're in good company!

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

Very yay. Maybe I should go book shopping. I have been paid, after all. (That's yay! too.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Definitely yay for pay!

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Great poem. That's two I've liked, may have to buy.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you did so well. Were they all from David's? That place has such a turnover of really good books, it's fantastic.

Btw, have you seen that Susan Cooper is going to be at Heffers next month?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I got a small pile of children's books (including a couple of Rosemary Sutcliff's) from the market: funny little stall that's only there in the week and looks really bare, but always turns up some good stuff.

And I hadn't seen she'll be at Heffers! Must check the date on that...

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think I know the one you mean - the one that turns into a hardback stall on Thursdays? I don't often get to see it, but I've found some good stuff there, too. Nice finds!

I *think* it's 3rd March. She's there to talk about her new book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0370328914). I've got a leaflet of their events on my desk at work; I'll check it later.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

A Time For Voices is a collection of poems from 1960=1990.

And here he is reading some his poetry.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's the one. It never looks like it's well stocked, and then all sorts of treasures turn up.

And thank you for finding out the information on Susan Cooper's talk!

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The Archive is a heck of a resource.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'd not found the Archive before yesterday; I foresee many happy hours browsing.