Thursday links are in, kiddies!<\/p>\n
We have a fantastic article<\/a> from the Guardian<\/em><\/a>\u00a0about words invented by authors, which has been doing the rounds these last couple of days, and has provided the wonderful title to this blog post. The list of author-invented words is wonderful, but some seem particularly apt – that cojones (from the Spanish) entered regular English usage courtesy of Hemingway is glorious. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n From Esquire<\/a><\/em>, we have a step-by-step guide<\/a> to giving up the Amazon addiction and shopping in your local bookshop. Discontent with Bezos’ empire has been growing recently, but shopping local shouldn’t just\u00a0be about a boycott. Bricks and mortar bookshops are wonderful places to find new authors, new titles, and to find out more about your local community of writers and readers. There’s nothing quite like being able to drop into Imprints<\/a> on your break and spend some time familiarising yourself with the current crop of great reads. I would live in Matilda’s<\/a> if they’d let me.\u00a0And you’re always ALWAYS in good hands at Dymocks<\/a> or Dillons<\/a>. Just to name a few!<\/p>\n Next up,\u00a0I think I’m feeling Velvet Underground after all that!<\/p>\n