Bookery dookery hick

Joan Didion, who is one of my favourite authors and my favourite writer of non-fiction full stop has an excerpt from her new book, The Year of Magical Thinking, about her response to her husband's death. Her words are so powerful with minimal exertion, and this piece left me crying. A review of fabulous poet Alice Oswald's new book. Fairy tales and AS Byatt here. Book news continues big. I am currently reading Women of the Raj by Margaret MacMillan, and we're going to see her read at Hart House next week. And then of course, Word on the Street this Sunday! And Bronwyn, my best friend number thirteen, has been accepted to the University of London to study History of the Book.

The one-eared cat in the garden was anxious tonight.