Ackroyd

And here again Ackroyd is working somewhat against his own project: "Like the language and the nation itself [Shakespeare] is altogether receptive, taking up external or foreign constituents and molding them instinctively to his purpose."

That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle 2003

And here again Ackroyd is working somewhat against his own project: "Like the language and the nation itself [Shakespeare] is altogether receptive, taking up external or foreign constituents and molding them instinctively to his purpose."

That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle 2003

However leaving that aside, it was very pleasing to read that someone as worthy as Justin Ackroyd had won – Justin and Slowglass Books are synonimous with Oz SF so big congratulations Justin.

Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Aurealis Award Winners 2010

Jodie – oh The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a classic!

Agatha Christie and Guilt « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Peter Ackroyd is also an alumnus, but rather before our time.

Linkspam for 12-4-2010 coalescent 2010

Frequent Swampland commenter Jay Ackroyd is guest hosting for Atrios.

We Knew Him When… - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Thanks to Justin Ackroyd for giving me this book at World Fantasy Con.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2008 (Part 1) 2008

The ale houses, antiquarian bookshops, and seedy south side of Shakespeare's London come to life in Ackroyd's richly atmospheric tale, which entertainingly mixes the bawdy with the brainy.

The Lambs of London: Summary and book reviews of The Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd. 2006

Writing as though we are observing Shakespeare and his circle of friends, patrons, managers, and fellow actors and writers, Ackroyd is able to see Shakespeare's genius from within, so we feel that Ackroyd the writer merges with Shakespeare the writer, the poet, the man; and thus with great sympathy and clarity we experience the way in which Shakespeare worked.

Shakespeare: Summary and book reviews of Shakespeare by Peter Ackroyd. 2005

However, in two related departments Ackroyd is better at isolating something distinctive: the empirical tradition in philosophy does have something particularly English about it; and this in turn does appear to be congruent with something phlegmatic in the national temperament.

That Blessed Plot, That Enigmatic Isle 2003