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...]