Well I hadn’t planned on filing another multiple day summary for my reading journal to end the week as I did for the week before, but that’s what’s appeared to have happened. A combination of blogging and Real Life combined to keep my reading … [Read more...]
Canongate serving up ‘Sum’ exciting events
November 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
There's exciting times ahead in Edinburgh and London next week as David Eagleman, author of Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives flies in from the US for two very special events organised by UK publisher, Canongate. The first event in Edinburgh on … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wednesday 30th September 2009
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Hi remember me? I’m Rob’ Reading Journal. Yeah I know I’ve not been around for a few days, but Rob has been insanely busy, even struggling to get the other posts up on RobAroundBooks that’s he managed to get up. Over to Rob: Does that … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wednesday 23rd September 2009
September 23, 2009 By 2 Comments
OK I know I’ve not filed a reading journal entry for a few days. To be honest with you my reading has been all over the place. I’ve been like a little Dutch boy running around trying to plug all the holes that keep springing in the dyke, and not … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: Pretty Monsters. Pretty Book
September 17, 2009 By 5 Comments
Pretty Monsters. Pretty Book, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. If I were looking for material to read around Halloween time, then it looks like this upcoming UK release from Canongate, Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link (published October … [Read more...]
On The Radar: Russian and European anthologies, plus a Tolstoy collection from Penguin
August 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“On the Radar” provides small incidental rundowns on books which I’ve discovered, but haven’t yet purchased. These are titles that I’ve either added to my wishlist or am keeping a close eye on, with a view to adding them. In addition, these … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Sunday 2nd August 2009
August 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
08:00 - The march through Ox-Tales: Fire (Profile Books) continues and I’m enjoying it thoroughly. This morning was the turn of the rather short, but very good The King Who Never Spoke by John Le Carre. As its title would suggest this story is all … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Sat 27th June 2009
June 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Last night - Got around to reading that 1907 New York Times article on de Maupassant that I was talking about earlier in the day, the one that centred around Edouard de Maynial’s 1906 biography La vie et l’oeuvre de Guy de Maupassant … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Wed 24th June 2009
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07:00 - A Tolstoyan start to the day with a read through of Alyosha the Pot (can be read for free at Fifty-Two Stories). A great story, albeit short, but ohh so sad. Not a clever move starting off the day with such a depressing story perhaps, even if … [Read more...]
Niccolò Ammaniti’s ‘The Crossroads’ set for UK launch in January 2009
November 28, 2008 By 2 Comments
UK fans of Niccolò Ammaniti, myself included, will be excited to hear that Canongate are releasing the English translation of his latest award-winning novel The Crossroads in January 2009. Canongate are also promising big events around the launch, … [Read more...]