Hemon discusses European literature – Fans of short stories, European literature and Aleksandar Hemon would definitely be interested in the latest Guardian Book podcast. In it Hemon talks about the tough job he had selecting shorts for Dalkey’s Best European Fiction 2010 anthology (a book I mentioned briefly in an On The Radar post last August). Also in the podcast in a conversation with the delightful Anthea Bell, who’s responsible for bringing the Stefan Zweig titles of Pushkin Press to English translation, and much of Sebald’s fiction ::via James Long at the Picador blog.
‘Indy Choice: The Best of the New Books’ – Those looking for a new read couldn’t go far wrong with checking out The Independent’s ‘Indy Choice’ mini-feature on new books breaking cover. Although the feature is presented using the Independent’s rather unwieldy slideshow feature, there’s a nice range of titles to most tastes. Highlights for me? The Strangest Man by Graham Farmelo (Faber), which looks at the extraordinary life of physicist genius Paul Dirac, and Paul Murray’s 3-part novel Skippy Dies (Hamish Hamilton) (but I don’t need to worry about buying a copy of this because I’ve just won one over at William Rycroft’s most excellent literary blog, Just William’s Luck).
‘Why I’m an ebook convert’ – Although I’m not sure I like his reasons for changing his mind, Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker has written a nice piece on why ebooks aren’t as much of the devil incarnate that he first thought they were. If anything it’s thought-provoking piece (and judging by the number of comments rather debatable too).
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hope to get copy of b.e.f 2010 soon ,looks good heard guardian podcast toohe was also on radio 4 talking about it