Back in the Saddle
One sweet soul wrote people like me made him want to kill himself. I refrained from replying that I was not inclined to stand in his way. I refrained from replying to any of the comments. But yeah, they chinked my confidence.
Posts
When Reading is Part of Your Day Job
And in a heartbeat, reading had morphed from being a solely leisure activity into a necessity.
A Narrow Squeak and a Jolt of Reality
While we’re all still intact, we have to make the very most of it. And live each day to the full. And say I love you to those who matter while we can.
Blind Literary Date
I liked the novelty of not knowing. Liked the adventure of turning those first few pages to see what time and setting we were in. Discovering the style of the writer and, gradually, the genre of the book. The premise, the theme.
A visit to the World Trade Center Museum
One little girl had won her trip in a competition. Her tattered library card is among the artefacts.
September – Licence to Buy a New Pen
As I sat in Starbucks drafting this blog — on paper with pen in hand — and contemplating our migration from graphite to graphics, I did wonder whether any other generation will ever experience as many different kinds of writing implement as we have.
Research is a hugely important part of my work. On a daily basis I check out whether anything interesting has cropped up in the online second-hand bookstores. I collected this little hoard this morning and the excitement is real! So thanks to all the bookshop owners who so swiftly and professionally pack and post — you make my life sooo much easier. (Yes, I know there are libraries, excellent libraries with excellent librarians, but I prefer to work at my own desk where I can immediately add interesting research facts and photos to the right research/writing/timeline program there and then.) #StockholmPärlor #StockholmTreasures @printzpublishing @aschehoug @ciceroforlag @editricenord @humanitas_fiction @lsamsterdam @kirjastusvarrak @penguinbuecher @penguinlibros @wsoykirjat
Out now in Italy! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Thank you @editricenord! "Un grande romanzo storico che celebra un luogo da sogno, una donna straordinaria e l’importanza della solidarietà femminile: «Le formidabili donne del Grand Hôtel» di Ruth Kvarnström-Jones esce oggi in tutte le librerie!" 🤍
Traduzione di Francesca Toticchi.
#leformidabilidonnedelgrandhotel #ruthkvarnstromjones #libri #libro #bookstagram #autori #libridaleggere #libriconsigliati #editricenord #consiglidilettura #lettura #romanzo #librichepassione
Tusen tack @pocketshopswe på @stockholms_centralstation! #defenomenalafruntimrenpågrandhôtel @printzpublishing
Älskar framförhållningen Uppsala! Tusen tack @akademibokhandeln! #väninnornapånordiskakompaniet #Del2 #StockholmsPärlor #3oktober @printzpublishing
Proudly presenting the fabulous German cover of The Phenomenal Women of the Grand Hôtel! Thank you very much Blanvalet Verlag och @penguinbuecher!
Igår blev en härlig dag! Frukost på Riddarholmen följdes av en snabb färd till Bokprat i Jönköping. Så många härliga läsare! Tack för att ni kom! Och ett stort tack även till @annalevahn på @printzpublishing som ordnade frukosten och inte minst till @kulturladyn och @kickis_bokvarld som så professionellt driver Bokprat dagarna i Jönköping. Så himla härligt alltihop! (Och tack till de duktiga fotograferna vars bilder jag har skamlöst knyckt! 🙈🙏🏻)