Ursula Le Guin

In a 1973 letter to the editor of The Horn Book MagazineHighly recommended American books magazine with excellent website and bimonthly paper version. Ranges from popular to literary and covers English language books worldwide. Reviews, interviews with authors, some web exclusives. Library Journal said it was; 'well-focused, skilfully edited'. www.bookmagazine.com/, my mother, Ursula K. Le Guin, took Roald Dahl's books to task. While acknowledging her own "feelings of unease" about Dahl's work, she remarked that "...kids are very tough. What they find for themselves they should be able to read for themselves." I had this in mind as I read about wording changes in new editions of Dahl.

If you're lucky in this life, you may discover an author whose work moves you so deeply that reading it is like going to church-like listening to your own soul speaking quietly as you turn the pages.  Read more

Every so often I set out to read as many books as I can by a single writer as I can in a single year.  Read more

Ursula K Le Guin, award-winning fantasy and science fiction author and pioneer of feminist speculative fiction, has died age 88. Her extensive catalogue of published works includes novels, essays, poetry and children's books.

Here are some of her most memorable quotes.

To me, the keystone of the phrase "the great American novel" is not the word American but the word great.  Read more