Pen Hanley

Year: 2012

  • Some favourite books I’ve read recently

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    Non-fiction By Hook or By Crook David Crystal.  Harper-Collins, 2007 Anything by David Crystal is wonderful – he writes erudite and funny books about the English language. This one has entertaining snippets such as the following. A best words competition in The Sunday Times in 1980 came up with: melody and velvet (tied in first…

  • Quotations about language, literature and life

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    ‘The whole quality of cycling is akin to swimming: the economy of effort, the defiance of gravity, the dancing rhythm, and the general need to keep moving, lest you sink or topple. As modes of propulsion, both could safely be classified as environmentally friendly. I enjoy the gliding, swooping motion of the bike as I…

  • Who am I?

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    For me, books and writing come first, followed closely by the cinema. I’ve always been in love with words. I combined both of these passions by being a film critic for a few years, writing for various local arts magazines and reviewing films on 2XX and local ABC radio stations. I even went to the…