Harper P. bring Melville to Fifty-Two Stories - Another week, and another FREE short story from Harper Perennial’s Fifty-Two Stories website. This week the flavour turns classic once again with Herman Melville’s The Fiddler, one of the stories … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 2nd July 2009
July 2, 2009 By 3 Comments
A suitable partner coming for Seth’s A Suitable Boy - Hot news today as Vikram Seth announced that the long awaited follow-up to his best-selling novel, A Suitable Boy is going to be released by Penguin in the UK, India and Canada in the autumn of … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 30th June 2009
June 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
Murakami talks 1Q84 Part 2 - Remember in a Book Bites post last week I pointed you to part 1 of a Haruki Murakami interview over at the Asia One News website? Well it seems Part 2 is available now, but I’ve just noticed (through a ‘small print’ … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 24th June 2009
June 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Extra! Extra! 100 years of 100-year-old British papers now online - I caught this news on Jacket Copy last Friday but forgot to pass it on. The good old British Library have launched a web portal in which one can explore 100 years of British … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 23rd June 2009
June 23, 2009 By 2 Comments
Etgar Keret gets animated - Over at 3:AM Magazine there's a nice trailer for upcoming animated movie $9.99, which is based on the awesome short stories of Etgar Keret. The post leads to a more detailed article at design:related, which in turn leads … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 2nd June 2009
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Guardian posts Hay Festival video slideshow - As the Hay Festival lifts up the tent pegs for another year (sob!), the Guardian has posted a nice video slideshow from in-house photographer Martin Argles, which nicely encapsulates the whole week. … [Read more...]