Jan 12, 2021 | Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes, Reviews
A Review published on Patriot Press by Grace Twomey In July of 2016 The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes had been released. The Eagle Tree tells the story of a young boy named March who absolutely loves trees. After finding out that an extremely rare and old tree nearby has...
Dec 8, 2020 | Current Ned Note, Horror, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
The holiday season sees a million variations on Charles Dickens’s classic A Christmas Carol, yet this marvelous supernatural tale all too often overshadows the ghostly echoes that permeate Dickens’s entire oeuvre. In John Irving’s book of personal essays, Saving...
Oct 11, 2020 | Bookstores, Current Ned Note, On Books, Past Notes
Read my books at BookBar Read more BOOKSTORE POSTS I’m excited that Denver’s wonderful BookBar is re-opening on October 11, 2020, after a summer of sad pandemic closure. (The store, of course, is re-configuring itself for pandemic-safe browsing.) BookBar...
Sep 10, 2020 | Current Ned Note, On Books, On Writing, Past Notes
I loved reading about Vladimir Nabakov’s writing process… intriguing to see inside the master’s work habits and see how he acted like a magpie and a chaotic creative coming closer and closer to a final story. This process of collection and collation...
Aug 23, 2020 | Current Ned Note, Past Notes, Reviews
New Book Review by Dragonfly.Eco: an exploration of eco-fiction The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes (Little A, 2016) Young adult contemporary fiction Review by Kimberly Christensen To say that fourteen-year-old March Wong loves trees is an understatement. He climbs multiple...
Mar 16, 2020 | Current Ned Note, On Books
by NICK FARRIELLA Dearest Rosemary, It was a limpid dreary day, hung as in a basket from a single dull star. I thank you for your letter. Outside, I perceive what may be a collection of fallen leaves tussling against a trash can. It rings like jazz to my...
