If you've been following my activities over the past month or so (both here, and on Twitter), then you'll know that I've been busying myself with serving on a 'shadow jury' for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The brain child of … [Read more...]
Afterthoughts: Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
March 19, 2012 By 10 Comments
In a Nutshell: A wonderfully engaging novel from Amos Oz, which explores to some depth the theme of loss and longing, and the eternal search to find that which cannot be found. If you're not a fan of the short form or the ambiguous novel then it … [Read more...]
Forethoughts: Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
March 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
*Please note, I've now posted my afterthoughts for Scenes from Village Life. And so I take a first tentative step into this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize as a 'shadow judge', by reading one of the shortest books on the longlist, … [Read more...]
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2012 longlist revealed
March 8, 2012 By 9 Comments
The longlist for this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was announced early today, revealing another diverse selection of globe-spanning titles which have been translated into the English language. Topping this year's selection is Haruki … [Read more...]
Waterstones 11 for 2012 unveiled
January 22, 2012 By 7 Comments
The selection for year's Waterstones 11 was announced earlier this week (Thursday 19th), at a reception at Waterstones’ flagship store in Piccadilly. Created to recognise and promote the best in debut novels for the year that lies ahead, there is … [Read more...]
Reading Journal: Remainder of Week 10 2010
March 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
So how did my reading for the remainder of last week go then? Well to be honest not awfully well. Distraction and procrastination seemed to rule supreme in what turned out to be a rather odd, and lightening quick end to the week. I really need to … [Read more...]
Daily Bookshot: On Montaigne and Essays…
March 12, 2010 By 4 Comments
On Montaigne and Essays..., originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Our ability to pick up and learn new things is of course amazing, but perhaps just as astonishing is how quickly we can manage to fall in love when we least expect it. Over the … [Read more...]
On The Radar: A trio from The Guardian’s ‘holiday list’
July 18, 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...]