September 2010
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Koren Zailckas
I’m delighted that Koren Zailckas agreed to sit down with me… (OK, sit down and email with me) for the launch of Memoir Armoire’s first (but not last!) author interview, in honour of her new book, Fury. In keeping with the bite-sized news and reviews theme, it’s short and sweet, but contains some great advice. Enjoy!
We’re all about keeping things short and sweet...
Women Writers That Inspire Me →
A list from Skirt! featuring one of my faves, Catherine Gildiner, who, incidentally has a new book out later this year (which I believe is a re-release of an out-of-print title), the sequel to Too Close to the Falls, called (of course) After the Falls.
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Meghan McCain's "Dirty Sexy Politics": No Sex, Not... →
Interesting/insightful review of Meghan McCain’s “Dirty Sexy Politics” — which is apparently a “YA memoir” aimed at a younger demographic.
To make her seem wise?
(Yes, saucer of milk for one over here.)
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Memoirist of the future: Jamie Varon
Welcome to a new Memoir Armoire feature where I’ll highlight some of the best writers who will one day be publishing their life stories, at least if they (and I) have anything to do with it.
I discovered Jamie Varon via Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess, as Jamie is the design half of Shatterboxx who make fine-looking websites like Jenny’s. Jamie has her own blog, A Life in...
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“I find also that Mo Mowlam’s part in the Northern Ireland peace process...”
– Digested read: Tony Blair A Journey | Politics | The Guardian
My mole at Waterstones tells me that Tony Blair’s autobiography has been flying off the shelves since its release yesterday.
Because I have nothing good to say about Tony Blair, I recommend this digested read instead.
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Justin Beiber memoir news →
Too young, you say?
What if I told you it was illustrated?