Old books and new tech

31Mar08

Great article highlighted by Book2book this morning from the NYT about couple’s books . Currently on mine and Sharon’s bedside is my H P Lovecraft’s ‘Selected Letters’ and Sharon’s ‘Things I want my Daughters to Know’ by Elizabeth Noble. Not sure what this says about us!
Interestingly one of the things people say about BookRabbit is [...]

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Books of the week

29Mar08

Books I’ve bought this week & why:
1. ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar – it kept appearing on people’s bookcases on BookRabbit and they said it was good, so I’m now two thirds of the way through it and yes it is good. It’s a ‘teen’ title and it shows but enjoyable nonetheless.
2. ‘Once Upon a Time [...]

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Secrets of the 4th estate

15Feb08

Good meeting with our new PR agency today. They have a very orange office, which actually adds a gloss to ours (with no natural light), so now if anyone complains at least I can reply – well it’s not orange!
We have media training booked for the week after next. Bit like lion taming but more [...]

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