"A Black Dandy in Paris", originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. The Spring 2012 Serpent's Tail catalogues are in and oh how I squealed with delight when I got to Pg. 13. An unlucky number for some maybe, but for me it was lucky all … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Here Are My Myths!
August 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here Are My Myths!, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. One of my highlights of EdBookFest last week, was definitely meeting the amazing Congolese author, Alain Mabanckou, so for my Daily Bookshot today I thought I'd indulge myself and share … [Read more...]
Mabanckou Giveaway: And the winner is…
August 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
Well, it's time to reveal the winner of my Alain Mabanckou giveaway, where one lucky reader would pick up a special EdBookFest signed copy of his first novel, Broken Glass (that's Alain signing that copy in the picture above). And that lucky winner, … [Read more...]
EdBookFest Giveaway: Win a SIGNED copy of Alain Mabanckou’s BROKEN GLASS
August 16, 2011 By 12 Comments
Well, I promised you a competition prize or two during EdBookFest, and the first one is an absolute cracker. When I meet Alain Mabanckou yesterday he was kind enough to sign an extra competition copy of Broken Glass for me (look here he is actually … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Porcupine!
August 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
Porcupine, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Two amazing things happen for me next week - 1) I get to read Alain Mabanckcou's latest novel Memoirs of a Porcupine (Serpent's Tail), and 2) I get to go and see him for the first ever, at the … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Monday 3rd May 2010
May 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
And so with great pleasure fellow reader, I return once more to scribing the virtual pages of my online reading journal. Adamant that I would not return to posting journal entries until I was completely happy with the format I was using for this … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: The Foreign Fiction Prize Six
April 22, 2010 By 10 Comments
Foreign Fiction Prize Six, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. This if a shot (if you didn't know already), of the six novels shortlisted for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. I've set myself the task of reading all of them … [Read more...]
Rob’s tackling the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 shortlist
April 18, 2010 By 18 Comments
You may remember a few days ago that I posted the shortlist for this year’s Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and remarked that the greatest source of the excitement for me was discovering that all but one of the titles on the shortlist was the … [Read more...]
Shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2010 revealed
April 15, 2010 By 10 Comments
It was an exciting start to a dreary morning, as the shortlist for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced earlier today. Taken from the original longlist of 15, which included big 'hitter's such as Jonathan Littell's The Kindly … [Read more...]
Afterthoughts: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou
April 21, 2009 By 2 Comments
In a Nutshell: If one is not too easily offended by explicit material, and one can get past Mabanckou’s rebellious flouting of the rules of proper grammar, then what one can look forward to in Broken Glass, is a novel which offers a quite … [Read more...]