Well, today sees the UK cinema launch of Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. For weeks now we’ve been bombarded with hype, and interviews, and shiny pictures and video footage of the film, and unless you’ve … [Read more...]
Introducing ‘Totally Fitzgerald’
May 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Back in February/March you barely heard a peep from me, and for good reason. You see I had become totally absorbed with an author. I go through stages like this in my life, when I hook onto something - not always literature-related - and become so … [Read more...]
Introducing ‘Totally Callaghan’
April 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
You know when you read something by an author that you’ve never read before and everything just feels right? You connect with his/her writing immediately. You find yourself hanging on every word that's set before you. You feel as though you and the … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 13th February 2013
February 13, 2013 By 4 Comments
Ginsberg snaps to The Beat - If you're a fan of the Beat Generation and you live in New York, then you might want to get yourself along to the NYU's Grey Art Gallery where there is an exhibition of photographs snapped by none other than Beat icon, … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 12th February 2013
February 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
"72% of Japanese consumers don't want to try ebooks" - If you're a champion of the physical book, and you're feeling glum because it feels like ebooks are taking over the world, then you need to get yourself along to the CNN Tech website where a … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 11th February 2013
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sylvia Plath reads Lady Lazurus - On this, the 50th anniversary of Sylvia Plath's death, the Open Culture website points to a 1962 BBC recording of Plath reading her poem, Lady Lazurus. The 50 most influential books by women? - On the Guardian … [Read more...]
Book Bites: Jane Mount in motion, Book Bricks, Indy’s 50 best winter reads
November 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Thessaly La Force's 'ideal bookshelf' - While I'm sure many of you would have already seen the extraordinarily gorgeous bookish art of Jane Mount, few would have bore witness to the creation of her art, in motion. Well, thanks to the Paris Review we … [Read more...]
Scotland set to stage week-long celebration of reading
October 25, 2012 By 5 Comments
The National Library of Scotland was abuzz yesterday, as Scotland's Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop launched the Book Week Scotland programme. Taking place between 26th November and 2nd December, Scotland's inaugural celebration of reading will … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 1st October 2012
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Skip the Paris Cafés And Get a Good Pen - A few days ago novelist and short story writer Mark Helprin offered some sound and gloriously writing advice of a retro nature, in the Wall Street Journal's Word Craft column. Aside from advocating the use … [Read more...]