On book-readers’ marginalia
By Robert Frost, 3 October 1916 [Retford and Worksop Herald and North Notts Advertiser]:
Tag: Marginalia
the footnotes and marginalia
I write in the margins of the books that I read. I never do so to correct the author. I need marginalia to help me find my way back to … Continue reading the footnotes and marginalia
scribbled marginalia
scribbled marginalia: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Music credit: Saturn 5 – The Daybreakers wonderful cover of this Inspiral Carpets song
Marginalia
Peter’s short films on marginalia [please click on each image to play a different film]
“A place with no quotation marks”
In childhood I was considered by my teachers as a “backward reader” and a child without promise. In adulthood I became a voracious reader interested in just about any narrative. … Continue reading “A place with no quotation marks”
‘On My Radar’
In last week’s Sunday Observer, the actress Fiona Shaw, explained why George Saunders latest book is on her ‘radar’: I agree with Fiona Shaw, ‘A Swim in the Pond in … Continue reading ‘On My Radar’
‘WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK’
This is one of the books that Sian gave me for my recent birthday. Sian thought that I might be amused by the marginalia [evidence of past use]. Sian was … Continue reading ‘WITHDRAWN FROM STOCK’
O M P H A L O S notebook
Rachel gave me this lovely present for Father’s Day. [In collecting ideas for my short films, I have filled so many ‘commonplace books’ with marginalia, poems and scribbles . . … Continue reading O M P H A L O S notebook