Melville House launch Moby Awards for Best and Worst Book Trailers - Love 'em or hate 'em book trailers are becoming more and more a common feature of our literary landscape these days. So much so that indy New York publisher Melville House have … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 17th May 2010
May 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
Penguin launch luscious 75th anniversary website - So you all know that this year marks the 75th anniversary of Penguin Books, right? Well, regardless of whether you or you didn't, then might want to get yourself over to Penguin's shiny new 75th … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 10th March 2010
March 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
American Book Review's Top 40 Bad Books - There's an interesting run down in the latest edition of American Book Review, on what is considered to be the 40 worst books in American literature. It's hard enough to define what makes a bad book at the … [Read more...]
Book Bite: Introducing the jaywalking Kafka cockroach
March 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
It's not ever day that I get the opportunity to bring illiterate hitchhiking cockroaches to the virtual pages of RobAroundBooks. But today I do, and I'm rather pleased about it. This insane and not too 'health and safety' friendly video comes … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 8th March 2010
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Kyle Minor short up at Fifty-Two Stories - I really, really, need to catch up on my reading of the short story offerings at Fifty-Two Stories, because another plate of steaming story has been placed on the serving platter, and it looks to be a tasty … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 17th February 2010
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Best Translated Book Award shortlists announced - Those interested in works-in-translation may like to know that the shortlist for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards (BTBA) has been announced. The winner will be announced on March 10th. Full … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 15th February 2010
February 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
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 … [Read more...]
New non-profit publisher to champion novellas
November 4, 2009 By 10 Comments
Fans of novellas and longer short stories may be interested to know that Madras Press, a new non-profit publisher, will be launching next month (December). Madras Press have a clear aim of publishing stories which are too long for magazines but … [Read more...]