So, you would have seen my post earlier today announcing this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist? If you did then you might also have caught the hint I gave at the end of that post about having a special announcement to make? Well, … [Read more...]
Introducing Jelly Bibliophiles: Adventures in Book City
March 4, 2012 By 8 Comments
You know what's been missing from RobAroundBooks for a while (aside from regular posts of course)? FUN, that's what! I think it's all gotten a little humdrum and dull around here and it's time to get back to injecting a little humour around the … [Read more...]
Is RobAroundBooks turning short?
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With all of the posts I've put up lately based around the theme of short fiction, I'm guessing that a good number of you are beginning to wonder if RobAroundBooks is slowly turning itself into focusing solely on this literary form? The answer is a … [Read more...]
Welcome back, to an almost new RobAroundBooks
August 11, 2011 By 19 Comments
Well folks, it's been a while hasn't it, but I decided that I'd had enough of running the best invisible website on the Internet (a title bestowed on me by a good Twitter friend - I can't remember who exactly), and it was time to put RobAroundBooks … [Read more...]
Site News: Scheduled downtime
January 19, 2011 By 3 Comments
Right, I know I said that from last week a normal blogging service will resume on RobAroundBooks, but I've decided that I'm going to take the site down within the next day or two - probably for the rest of the week, but hopefully less - in order to … [Read more...]
Site News: First step towards evolution
January 4, 2011 By 12 Comments
Happy New Year everyone! You may have noticed that RobAroundBooks was in maintenance mode yesterday, so I thought I'd fill you in. Basically I was fitting a new engine in the engine room in preparation for the fabled, eventual launch of … [Read more...]
RobAroundBooks is here to stay (and I’ve got you lot to thank for that)
September 7, 2010 By 25 Comments
Dear all, Well, it was a super-traumatic week for me last week as my spirit rose to the heavens at the start of the week, before crashing back down to earth again with a huge bang in the latter half. The actions of a few ‘disbelievers’ i.e. … [Read more...]
Site News: Rob is certifiably eccentric
April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Dear reader, I really must aplogise for my lack of posts over the past few days. The thing is, I believe that I possess an incurable case of eccentricity - at least in the way I think - because when I get something in my head I grasp on to it like a … [Read more...]