The first person I thought of when I saw the subject for this week's Bookshelf of the Week was Michel de Montaigne, the celebrated sixteenth-century French nobleman, who is credited as being the founder of the modern personal essay. If the man were … [Read more...]
Rob Reports: The Story Hour event at West Port Book Festival 2011
October 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
Book events with authors normally follow the same old routine - the author's introduced, the author reads, the author answers questions - but at the West Port Book Festival on Sunday and The Short Story Hour, featuring David Gaffney and Hannah … [Read more...]
Rob Reports: Robert Shearman at West Port Book Festival 2011
October 17, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Edinburgh Book Festival may be the biggest literary event of the year in Scotland's capital, but don't think for one minute that outside of August Edinburgh is bereft of any decent book events. There's plenty going on all year round (it is a … [Read more...]
Cover Love: Penguin Ink collection
September 12, 2011 By 3 Comments
If people can have literary tattoos then why can't literature have people tattoos? My 'Cover Love' feature returns to RobAroundBooks this month, with one of the finest looking set of books to have graced the bookshop bookshelves in recent months. … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #16 – Of Swiss literary legends and final diary entries
September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. Well this is it folks, my final diary entry of EdBookFest 2011. I know I post it a couple of days later than would have been ideal, but such is the pace and madness … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #15 – Of small community living and Polish ghettos
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. It may have been my second last day of EdBookFest, but I had a couple of real highlights to keep the blues away. To kick off was an event in my most favourite of … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #12 – publicists, Kashmir, and the future of the city
August 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. Before I continue with today's diary entry, I just wanted to offer a quick explanation about my numbering of entries. If you look back on my past EdBookFest Diary … [Read more...]