Edinburgh Book Festival event schedule revealed - Today was the day that the programme for this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival (August 15-31) was made available, and it’s looking juicier than a British MP’s expenses report. The … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 2nd June 2009
June 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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...]
RobAroundBookLists: The Guardian’s ’1000 novels everyone must read’
January 23, 2009 By 3 Comments
Typical for this time of year there's a veritable feast of recommended reading lists doing the rounds at the moment, all of which could have been chosen as the focus for this week's RobAroundBookLists feature. However there is probably none more … [Read more...]
Guardian’s digested selection of ‘forbidden fictions’
October 2, 2008 By Leave a Comment
In recognition of this week's Banned Books Week, Guardian Books online has posted a selection of digested 'forbidden fictions' The 6 titles posted are - Anna Sewell's Black Beauty, Voltaire's Candide, DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, JK … [Read more...]