http://www.ruthlearner.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:39:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So Dmitri Nabokov is going to publish posthumously his father Vladimir Nabokov’s last novel The Original of Laura next year. This is against his father’s request that his wife Vera burn the MS after his death (in 1977). I am very ambivalent about Dmitri’s actions. I agree with John Banville ... http://www.ruthlearner.com/blog/?p=7 Back in London, this time with my 14-month-old girl. She’s now sampled all the local swings and has given the thumbs up on the playground on the edge of St James Park, within firing distance of Buckingham Palace. I wonder if that’s why the police keep pulling up their horses ... http://www.ruthlearner.com/blog/?p=6 Apartment C – Published by Kings Hart Books, Oxford, UK. Ruth Learner’s novel Apartment C came out in the UK in April 2008. Published by Kings Hart Books (www.kingshartbooks.co.uk). It was launched in Australia in August 2008 at Chapman & Bailey Gallery, Melbourne. It is available to buy from Brunswick Street Bookstore  ... http://www.ruthlearner.com/blog/?p=5