For some time ACHOCKABLOG has taken an abnormally long time to load. By a process of elimination I have discovered that the script producing the Recent Searches listing in the left-hand panel was the main culprit, so it has, at least temporarily, been eliminated.
Performance seems significantly better, but I would be grateful for confimration from other end-users. So do drop us a comment letting me know if this has speeded thngs up or not.
ACHUKA: December 2006 Archives
Magical transportation | Review | Guardian Unlimited Books
I can't begin to describe how refreshibngly right-on this review by Frank Cottrell Boyce is:
I can't begin to describe how terrific this book is. We're in the middle of a spate of novels about football. I've read them all. This is the best. If you want to know just how much bolder and more accomplished current British "children's" fiction is than British "adult" fiction, I suggest you read a few chapters of David Peace's po-faced Beckett-lite account of Brian Clough's tenure at Leeds - The Damned United - and then turn to this glorious, cartwheeling, magical, frightening story. I promise you it'll be like watching Brazil after watching, well, Leeds... ...
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | McCall Smith shows the write way
Alexander McCall Smith, who has been made a CBE for services to literature... ....
An Interview with Children's Author Jean Ure - Associated Content
An Interview with Children's Author Jean Ure
By Ambrose Musiyiwa
Name of final Harry Potter book announced - CNN.com
Missed this a couple of days ago ;)
NEW YORK (AP) -- We now have a title for Book VII: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Rowling's U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc., released a brief statement Thursday announcing the name of the world's most anticipated children's book, the finale to her phenomenally popular fantasy series.
No publication date or other details were offered.
Anastasia Suen, Author and Writing Teacher: Blog Central
Useful listing, recently updated, of blog sites related to children's publishing.
Reading | Catching up | Economist.com
lukewarm recommendation
Blogged by narniafans.com:
Kelly Kyle, the owner of a bookshop named “Narnia Children's Books” is facing a lawsuit for having the word “Narnia” in their store name, according to TimesDispatch.com. This comes as a surprise because the store opened in 1984, and they have not received any prior requests to change the name...
Blue Rose Girls: Turnover in the children's book publishing industry
Turnover in the children's book publishing industry...
Children's author, Mary Norton, was the subject of DNB online's Life Of The Day earlier this week.
Adele Geras, interviewed at Blogcritics.org
