Boudica Marginalia

Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Non-fiction: Writing

  • The Pigeon Tunnel

    In 2021 I completed the Faber & Faber Writing a Novel course, which came with a long reading list. I’m nowhere near having read everything on that list but it…

  • Writing from the Inside Out

    Book number two from the writing course reading list is Writing from the Inside Out by Dennis Palumbo. A good quarter of the books on the reading list are books…

  • 7 Secrets of the Prolific

    The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The definitive guide to overcoming procrastination, perfectionism, and writer’s block by Hillary Rettig is one of the most useful books I’ve ever read. I…

  • The Etymologicon

    As read by Hugh Dennis on Radio 4! I caught the last episode over Christmas and it was funny, and available for 99p for my new kindle, so I bought…

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