Heather Mallick Canadian author and journalist Doris Lessing's 2007 Nobel
Heather Mallick Canadian author and journalist Doris Lessing's 2007 Nobel Speech "In Defence of Books" I am standing in a doorway looking through clouds of blowing dust to where I am told there is still uncut forest. ... Yesterday I drove through miles of stumps, and charred remains of fires where, ... in 1956, there was the most wonderful forest I have ever seen, ... all now destroyed. People have to eat. They have to get fuel for fires. ... Full Speech Welcome Dire predictions call for traditional approach Olde-Tyme Scottish values flourish in tough times September 12, ... 2008 more The Alaskan who went 'outside' Sarah Palin's Wasilla is beyond small-town. ... The woman who could be president is someone with no grasp of the wider world September 5, ... 2008 more An English death It still doesn't seem possible that Alan Coren, ... one of the writers I most admired all my adult life, is dead. ... For one thing, he was a humorist and when they die ... that's not funny. ... more Home Books Columns Speeches Blog Bio Links Contact Cake or Death Pearls in Vinegar Copyright (C) ...