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I loved this book. It is the first I have read by Simone de Beauvoir but it was fantastic as a novel in its own right but also as a look behind the curtain at two greats, Camus and Sartre. Although...
Deeper, funnier, sadder and truer than a work of fiction has any right to be declares the front cover of Jonathan Franzens 2012 novel. I think that goes a little overboard.Perhaps it is unfair of...
Recently got the new edition of Granta. Ive got a good feeling about this one.
The pros and cons of a book at bath-time - Lifestyle and Leisure - Boness JournalTake a look at the link above for yet another look at the e-reader debate, although this one does offer an...
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A recent study has shown that 17% of US adults have read at least one ebook. However, only 11% have bought one. These figures increased from 11% and 9%, respectively, from the year before. This...
Last summer, I interned at a Beijing magazine and wrote this article about how the internet is changing the face of publishing in China. It looks like that is only becoming more and more...
Last month, the US Justice Department warned of its intention to sue a Apple and a group of major publishers under competition laws over alleged ebook price fixing. Now, it has done.After Amazons...
The eight libraries of Yolo County, California, run an initiative in which children and teenagers can read books as a way of paying off their late fees.Under the Read-Off-Your-Fines Campaign every...
One of literatures undeniable greats, William Burroughs led a somewhat chequered existence. Explore it in the light of some of his letters.These are fascinating documents and well worth a read,...
To be honest, I was underwhelmed by this book. I finished it last week and it has been on my mind since. But only because I wasnt sure what I would write about it. It is a charming little tale but...
"Ann Arbor man punched during literary argument"This was the rather astounding headline posted by Kyle Feldscher, the crime and courts reporter for annarbor.com, last week. According the report a...
Disused New York pay phones have been turned into pop-up libraries by one John Locke. No, not the philospher, an architecture graduate. Locke decided that people should read more, then he took...
A sprawling, turn-of-the-century retelling of the Cain and Abel story, John Steinbecks East of Eden is a powerful novel. Two successive generations of the Trask family seem doomed to relive the...
A video of a teacher taking on his pupil in a rap battle has recently gone viral. In the footage, an incongruously besuited man takes on a baggy trousered youth at verbal virtuosity.Late to the...
A recent Daily Mail article has highlighted the possible damaging effects of textspeak on your reading ability. A recent study has shown that people who text frequently but rarely read printed...
Camilla, wife of Prince Charles, spoke about her love of reading at a recent event at the headquarters of Transport for London (TfL). The Duchess read from Tony Parsons Beyond the Bounty (a sequel...
This second volume of Coetzees fictionalised autobiography tells of a South African student with dreams of writing who moves to London full of grand ideas. He is swiftly disappointed. As he is...
Ray Bradbury is entertaining and infectiously enthusiastic in this collection of essays about writing. The essays themselves vary between paeans to fiction, hints and tips to would-be writers and...
McDonalds are switching toys for books in Happy Meals sold in their UK restaurants. Copies of books by Michael Morpurgo, author of award-winning War Horse, will be given out by the fast food chain...
The UK edition of the Huffington Post has published a list of the harshest ever book reviews and it makes for hilarious reading. The very first quote made me laugh out loud sat at my computer in my...
If you havent found him yet, then it should be a whole lot easier this year. To mark the passing of a quarter century since the first Wheres Wally? (or Waldo, to those of you across the pond) book...
There really isnt much for me to add to the voluminous amounts already written about Keats poetry. Rather, I would like to mention my particular edition. It was a gem picked up for fifty pence at a...
Grace Paleys Collected Stories is actually something I have been reading on and off for a long time time now. That is my favourite way of reading short stories, as an aside or something to dip into...
The hidden poetry of a Scottish roofer will come to light after he signed a book deal. William Letford, of Stirling, wrote his poems on roof joists and tiles without bothering to keep a record of...
Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively, whose Moon Tiger I reviewed on this blog, has been recognised in the New Year Honours List. The 78-year-old has been made a dame in a tipping of the hat to her...
When I was young, I would watch the Richard Lester musketeer films (not the execrable version starring Kiefer Sutherland) over and over again. My father and I could recite sections of dialogue by...
During my second visit to Luang Prabang, I picked up the first Tarzan novel from a book exchange. I was not sure what to expect from it, having only been exposed to screen versions of the Lord of...
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