It’s always good to be reminded of how to avoid losing a load of work.
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Bookcase, by Terry Freedman
Second-hand ebooks? (Updated)
in News & views
I love second-hand bookshops. Whenever I go on holiday, one of the first things I do is go to the nearest Tourism Information outlet and get a list of the local used bookshops.
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Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
Eclecticism
in News & views
My public writing tends to be mostly about education technology, and the craft of nonfiction writing. My interests are more varied than that brief description would suggest, but to avoid muddying the waters I either attempt to skew an article so that it fits into one of those categories, or not publish it at all. But that has now changed….
Read MoreReview: Murder Your Darlings
The book covers language, voice, audience and other aspects of writing.
Read MoreReview: A Little Book of Language
It's always been my contention that practitioners should know as much about what they do as possible.
Read MoreReview: How to read like a writer
This is a very interesting, and useful, book. It covers a range of types of writing.
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Click to see this book on Thames and Hudson’s website.
Review of Gothic: An Illustrated History (expanded review)
If watching a film in a cinema makes you wish you’d brought a friend along to walk home with, or reading a story makes you leave all the lights on when you go to bed, then there’s a good chance the film or the story was gothic.
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The London Book Fair, 2016. Photo by Terry Freedman
The London Book Fair 2022
The London Book Fair is back this year, and as usual there's a lot on that writers will find useful. The show this year is semi-hybrid….
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Blogger, by Terry Freedman
The trials and tribulations of blogging as a SWOT analysis (Updated)
in News & views
To blog or not to blog? That is the question. Here’;s a SWOT analysis to help you decide.
Read MoreThe hard sell (Updated)
It's always difficult to get the balance right between hard sell and soft sell. Joe Coleman's website allows you to choose your own level of (dis)comfort!
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Click the cover to see this on Thames and Hudson’s website.
Review of Gothic: An Illustrated History -- Education version
in Bookshelf, Reviews, Short form
This review was first published in Teach Secondary magazine. I’ve included it here because it meets some of the requirements of the English Programme of Study.
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Photo by Terry Freedman
Remembering Paul Jennings, a great British humorist
in News & views
As a frequenter of Golders Green in years gone by I sometimes had occasion to use the Gents in the station. My friends and I, with the silliness of youth, always used to chortle at a sign there.
Read MoreMe? Do poetry analysis? Come on!
It’s true though! Having had a wonderful morning listening to people reading out, and dissecting, one of their favourite poems, I thought I’d have a go myself.
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You're joking, right? By Terry Freedman
The Bartleby Response
in Reflections
The Bartleby response is, in my opinion, one of the most quotable examples of American gothic literature.
Read MoreCan your face be used for copyright protection?
in News & views
The idea is that if an article is ripped off, it’s much easier to prove that it was originally published by you if your face is embedded in it.
Read MoreA computational approach to Eng Lit
I often wonder if the most arduous part of the work of the people who write this sort of tripe is to ensure they don’t use the same words more than once for the same editor.
Read MoreA glimpse into cancel culture
in News & views
As far as I know, I’ve never been cancelled. I’ve been attacked online, had my reputation smeared, but not actually cancelled.
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How you could help Ukraine
in News & views
The following is a list of 29 ways in which you might be able to help the Ukrainian situation. My aim was to collate a list of ways that ordinary people could contribute, even if only in a small way.
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Books by Terry Freedman
The OTHER World Book Day
in News & views
Why are there two World Book Days?
Read MoreIt's World Book Day!
Attention teachers! World Book Day is with us again today, March 3rd, when it is celebrating its 25th birthday! Here are some activities and resources to make it a day to remember.
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