Guy Winnan Editorial

16/03/2024

Youngsters all 2 bsy 2 hv time 4 📝 proper, tbh.

06/03/2024

Words AND music by Sarah Steele: What's not to like?📖&🎶

Bestselling author Sarah Steele will talk about her latest novel The Traitor’s Wife. To add a unique flavour to this In Conversation, Sarah, a classically trained pianist, will also play the piano to further bring to life the atmosphere and time of this intriguing novel.

12/05/2023

Where are we on the timeline? IMHO at stage 3: 'Further into the Future.'🤔

We all have self doubt from time to time – imposter syndrome some call it. That feeling that however experienced you are, you're kind of just winging it and one day everyone will realise and catch you out. Remember though, some people don't have self doubt at all ... and they're the ones you really need to be careful of!
Happy weekend!

Image credit: Tom Gauld in The Guardian

[[ description :
A cartoon of a writer typing at his PC. Out of a cloud of sparks and stars, a time traveller appears.
‘I’m your future self. I’ve come to warn you that the book you’re writing will be a failure.’
In the next cell, another time traveller appears.
‘Wait! I’m from the far future. The book was rediscovered and is now revered as a classic.’
In the next cell, yet another time traveller appears. There are three of them now.
‘I’m from further into the future. The book is now considered so offensive that I’ve been sent back to stop you from writing it.’
In the next cell, yet another time traveller appears. There are four now.
‘I’m from unimaginably far into the future and we don’t allow censorship. Now, everybody go home and leave this man to finish writing his awful book.’
All four time travellers leave.
In the final cell, the writer has his hand at his mouth and the other on his desk – alone with his thoughts about his awful, terrible, offensive book.]]

02/03/2023

This is what kids should be bringing to school in International Book week - more creative than dressing up as questionable characters from the film of a book, don't you think?

12/01/2023

Thanks for sharing, George Way.

06/01/2023

It takes me so long to read a book that a few of mine have already become vintage! – Cheers!

www.GoodwillLibrarian.com

26/12/2022

Books can take you anywhere.
Save Our Libraries.

28/08/2022

19/05/2022

Saying the word ‘like’ has long been seen as a sign of laziness and stupidity. But its use is actually richly nuanced, goes back to Shakespearean times, and is an indicator of, like, intelligence

01/05/2022

Having just returned from the land of the beasties, I can confirm all of the definitions below to be true!

Did you know, when a word has several meanings you can describe it as 'polysemous' 🤓? There was an example of that this week, shared by on Twitter: Scottish wildlife identification 😁.
😂 In Scotland, 'beastie' can refer to pretty much any animal 🐜 🕷 🐌 🦕, including 'wee sleekit cowrin' ones 🐭. Have a beastie of a weekend!

https://tinyurl.com/3ka4t7ja

Image description: 12 different creatures, each with the caption 'BEASTIE'.

21/04/2022

A sound argument from Mr King, but I still think it's wrong to ban books from school libraries in the first place –what's your opinion?

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27/03/2022

Thank you fo sharing, Nancy Meeker.

🤔🤓

31/01/2022

Here's a tip-top tip! I've racked my brains but can't come up with a single exception – can you?

28/01/2022

How does Susie Dent always seem to find the ‘mot juste’ for the day, every day? We’re all forwaked at the moment, aren’t we?

28/01/2022

A dear friend in France sent me this gorgeous photo of a cold, frosty Dordogne yesterday. Worlds away from the balmy days of the cherry season that inspired THE SCHOOLTEACHER OF SAINT-MICHEL. For an early taste of summer, you can preorder the paperback, which is out in March. Headline Books Mobius Books US

13/01/2022

Not really the *worst* thing about growing up and Christmas, but nicely observed!

Now that he mentions it...

10/01/2022

Check out our book recommendations https://amzn.to/2m3VyBF

13/12/2021

Merry Christmas to all fellow bibliophiles.

05/12/2021

How do you pronounce omicron? The OED can help. Link here >>> https://bitly.com/3ddMvJ9

18/11/2021

Who says editors have no sense of humour?

09/11/2021

'I’m tired of people perpetuating the myth that people over 50 are unwilling or unable to learn anything new. What rubbish!' An author talks about 'debuting at the age of 66' - a bit of inspiration for us all on a dreary Monday 🤩 https://bitly.com/304HMpW

15/10/2021

You can’t argue with the Dalai!

04/09/2021

Not sure if I’m totally on board with this sentiment, but it’s a good subject for a debate. Does everyone have a book in mind that offends them?

02/06/2021

I have an academic author friend who likes to work listening to rock music – Silence for me, sorry to be a bore. How about you? Thanks to CIEP for sharing this interesting piece.

How do you work best? To the sound of birds tweeting outside? 🐤 With a steady hum of traffic? 🚙 In complete silence? 🤫 To the gentle noise of waves or rainforests? 🌊 If you haven't yet found the right soundtrack to inspire concentration, this article contains a few ideas. 🎧 https://bitly.com/3i44Iwt

25/03/2021

Another great share from Tago Mcleod. Thanks Tago!

23/03/2021

Thanks for sharing, Tago Mcleod