The Book Trunk

This site is dedicated to my grandmother, who ran away from her Norwegian home in 1915 and arrived in England with nothing but a trunk full of books.

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Friday, 2 October 2015

The 1924 Club

It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, but I seem to have been busy doing all sorts of other things, and never did get round to po...

Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Frost in May

Virago Modern Classic Number 1: This is the 1991 edition, with an introduction by Elizabeth Bowen. The cover shows a detail from Girl ...

Sunday, 16 August 2015

Book Buying in London!

Book boxes outside Any Amount of Books. I’ve been to London for a couple of days visiting my Younger Daughter, and although I didn’t mak...

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Time To Tidy The Shelves...

LibraryThing and Viragoing for August has gone to my head I think. Have started trying to tidy bookshelves – not something I attempt all...

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

The Land of Green Ginger

Another Virago for LibrayThing’s All Virago All August challenge. And I think this one will do nicely for the What’s in a Name challenge o...

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