For the six of you who read my blog you might have noticed my focus on reading and reviewing books that have appeared on shortlists. Well, starting next year I’m going to amp this up ever so slightly. You see, while the...
Read MoreApparently Costa makes fine coffee. Also, apparently, they’re interested in promoting fine literature. I can’t say much about their coffee because I don’t live in the UK, but I’m sure I’ll have a...
Read MoreThe National Book Award finalists have been announced. They are: Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman (Grove Press/ Grove/Atlantic) Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See (Scribner/ Simon & Schuster) Phil Klay,...
Read MoreThe World Fantasy Award will be announced later this month at the coincidentally named World Fantasy convention. The Best Novel nominees for the award are: Richard Bowes, Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Lethe Press) Marie Brennan,...
Read MoreIt would seem that the shortlist for the Goldsmith Award has been announced. The prize is awarded to the most innovative, experimental novel written in 2014. This years nominees are: Outline by Rachel Cusk (Faber & Faber)...
Read MoreI’ve now read all six books nominated for this year’s Man Booker prize and it’s a strong list of novels. This is the first time I’ve read through an entire Man Booker shortlist so I can’t say with...
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