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  1. @bookstodon

    “Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”

    — Amal El-Mohtar on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – via @NPR

    npr.org/2014/01/01/258384937/c

    #Scottish #literature #fantasy #20thcentury #kidlit #womenswriting #Tolkien #NaomiMitchison #folklore #mythology

  2. “Read it now” – Ursula K. Le Guin

    Weaving folklore, fairy tale & Norse myth into a shimmering, witty & slyly subversive tapestry, Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT – a rediscovered gem of classic fantasy writing – has just been republished in the UK by Virago

    @bookstodon

    store.virago.co.uk/products/tr

    #Scottish #literature #fantasy #kidlit #20thcentury #womenswriting #ursulaLeGuin #NaomiMitchison #folklore #mythology

  3. “The tartan comedy […] belies the fact that Mackenzie was deeply politicised”

    Prof Alan Riach compares the lives, politics, & wildly varied & prolific careers of 2 major 20th-century Scottish writers: Compton Mackenzie & Naomi Mitchison

    4/4

    thenational.scot/news/17388505

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #ComptonMackenzie #politics #ScottishPolitics #NaomiMitchison

  4. “The tartan comedy […] belies the fact that Mackenzie was deeply politicised”

    Prof Alan Riach compares the lives, politics, & wildly varied & prolific careers of 2 major 20th-century Scottish writers: Compton Mackenzie & Naomi Mitchison

    4/4

    thenational.scot/news/17388505

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #modernism #politics #NaomiMitchison #ComptonMackenzie