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Scottish author Jim Murdoch discusses writing, his own and other authors, and muses at length about his fascination with the perversity of language. Veering from the nostalgic to the acerbic his blog will amuse anyone with a love of language.

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  • The half-life of books

    Posted on Monday November 10th, 2008 at 07:22 in Libraries, discard policy

    Some time ago I read the following:A neighbour recently loaned me her copy of Atwoods's short stories, Moral Disorder, which I am slowly making my way through - one story a night before bed: my nightcap. It is a collection claimed to be as close to a...

  • The Joy of Libraries

    Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 02:30 in poetry, Libraries

    Books and sex have a long and not especially illustrious history. This, however, is not going to be a blog about erotic literature nor indeed pornography. Maybe one day. What I want to waffle on about today are rooms full of books.Currently I am not ...