From the Vault: Alice in the Undertoad

By Judith | November 18, 2013

From misrule.com.au/s9y Originally published Saturday March 6 2010 ________________________________________ I went to see Alice in Wonderland last night. As some of my readers will know, Alice is one of my favourite books. I have a smallish but nice collection of different editions of Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as another small but interesting collection of Alice-abilia/-iana, whatever you call…

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Whither the Children’s Book? From the Vault: Wednesday, June 15 2011

By Judith | October 14, 2013

This post was first published in June 2011, but it’s as relevant as the day I wrote it. Just this weekend, in fact, I read a review which described  Neil Gaiman‘s Fortunately, The Milk, as being for ‘the younger end of the YA readership’. Um, no. That would be CHILDREN. Remember them? They’re not mini-teenagers.…

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Thrilled Me, Silenced Me, Stilled Me

By Judith | October 4, 2013

Sinead O’Connor has been in the press again today (October 2013), kicking up a stink, alienating people left, right and centre, as she is wont to do. It put me in mind of this piece I wrote back when I saw her in concert in Sydney in 2008. I’m not ashamed to say I wept…

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