This Iris kiss is for William Dicey, author and typographer, because just today I got the proofs of my China book and wearing his typographer hat, William has done a splendid job. It seemed to me a tricky task typography-wise that manuscript – each chapter begins (perhaps over-exuberantly) with a picture and two headings, which means three fonts by the end of the first line of the book. …
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A purse of kisses (#17 Iris Murdoch)
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A purse of kisses (#16 Junot Diaz)
http://alexsmith.book.co.za/blog/2008/05/12/a-purse-of-kisses-15-junot-diaz/By Fuku, I almost forgot, Monday night kisses from hot-as-balls Junot Diaz. I’m only a third through The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, so I may add a few more later (kisses like the footnotes he’s so good at — whoever thought footnotes could be so enchanting? …
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A purse of kisses (#15 Gogol)
http://alexsmith.book.co.za/blog/2008/05/12/a-purse-of-kisses-15-gogol/He may have been a ‘little man with legs too short for his body’, but he has a long-remembered name: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. Perhaps he ‘walked crookedly; he was clumsy, ill-dressed, and rather ridiculous-looking, with his long lock of hair flapping on his forehead, and his large prominent Nose,’ but his kisses (from Dead Souls) are funny and enchanting. …
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BOOK SA - Finuala Dowling
http://finualadowling.book.co.za/blogAlex on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower What an extraordinary wealth of leads and links. Jess thank [...]
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BOOK SA - Novel Idea
http://novelidea.book.co.za/blogchrisjoseph on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower Fantastic post Alex. I hope people take up the challenge. [...] July 23, 2008, 9:19 pm
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Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto by Alex Smith
http://www.chrisjoseph.org/wp/discussions/mobile-literacy-fo...A wonderful post by Alex Smith
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BOOK SA - Magazine
http://magazine.book.co.za/blogKarina on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower Thank you Jess for all this information - I am [...] July 23, 2008, 3:18 pm
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BOOK SA - Reviews
http://reviews.book.co.za/blogKarina on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower Thank you Jess for all this information - I am [...] July 23, 2008, 3:18 pm
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BOOK SA - Tracey Farren
http://traceyfarren.book.co.za/blogKarina on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower I did. And I think it is a brilliant idea [...] July 21, 2008, 8:13 pm
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BOOK SA - Just Done
http://justdone.book.co.za/blogKarina on Mobile Literacy for Africa Manifesto - start the revolution today towards making Africa a superpower I did. And I think it is a brilliant idea [...] July 21, 2008, 8:13 pm
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BOOK SA - News
http://news.book.co.za/blogKarina on Volunteer translators needed in 38 languages Thanks, Alex, for these links.These are the two that I [...]
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BOOK SA - Ben Trovato
http://bentrovato.book.co.za/blogAlex on Volunteer translators needed in 38 languages Ndi a livhuwa, a great thank you to Mbavhalelo Elvis [...] July 11, 2008, 3:09 pm
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Summary! Maureen Isaacson on Niq Mhlongo
http://reviews.book.co.za/blog/2008/07/11/summary-maureen-is...Alex Smith, a composite wonder-beast of literary journalism? Who knows? We’ll call Maureen Isaacson’s sidle up to Niq Mhlongo’s After Tears a - summary. Albeit a useful summary, as Isaacson delves into Mhlongo
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