Yesterday I had to convince nurses that my name wasn’t Flora Westmark of [absurdly named Glasgow suburb]. It wasn’t until I pointed out that Flora’s patient file stated she was born in 1949 whilst I clearly was not that they went in search of my file. Oh, you wacky NHS with your strange disorganisation - […]
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Culture is something you cannot buy, something you cannot import, something you cannot learn or produce at will. A writer, an artist or musician cannot sit down and say, “Now I will produce culture.” Culture is something that evolves out of the simple, enduring elements of everyday life; elements most truthfully expressed in the folk arts and crafts of a nation.
— Thor HansenKarie Bookish
Karie is a published writer, keen photographer and vastly over-educated. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her partner, David, after having spent (far too many?) years in her native Denmark.
Her interests include: print culture, modernist poetry, typography, and collecting early 20th C paperbacks + signed first editions of Alasdair Gray hardbacks. She also likes the Eurovision Song Contest, 1940s and 1950s Hollywood musicals, puppies and crocheting hats.
Fourth Edition is Karie's fourth weblog. She has been blogging since 2001 and has no intention of stopping.
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Planned books:
- Old Men in Love by Alasdair Gray
- The Sound and the Fury (Vintage International) by William Faulkner
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Recent books:
- Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks by Christopher Brookmyre
- Arabella by Georgette Heyer
- Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick
- The Devil in Amber: A Lucifer Box Novel by Mark Gatiss
- The Calligrapher by Edward Docx
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