A Box of Dead Kangeroo?, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. It's always a nice feeling when you win something, right? Well yours truly did just that a couple of days ago over at William Rycroft's Just William's Luck blog, and today's … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Monday 15th February 2010
February 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
Hemon discusses European literature - Fans of short stories, European literature and Aleksandar Hemon would definitely be interested in the latest Guardian Book podcast. In it Hemon talks about the tough job he had selecting shorts for Dalkey’s … [Read more...]
Sacrebleau! It’s Five Dials No. 8: The Paris Issue
September 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It may only have been just over a week ago since Hamish Hamilton unleashed edition No.7 of their Five Dials magazine into the big wide world (web), but yesterday (Sunday 27th September) they launched Five Dials No.8, and this one has a distinctly … [Read more...]
Hamish Hamilton cook up another issue of Five Dials magazine
September 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
I received the exciting news in my mailbox earlier today that Issue No.7 of the Five Dials literary magazine (featuring Ali Sethi, Paul Farley, Paul Ewen, Diana Athill and Ian Fleming), has just been published, and is available to download right now … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Friday 27th March 2009
March 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
“Excuse me. Do you know who killed the chauffeur?” - You got to love it when people hosting ‘book giveaways’ get all creative and make others really work for the prizes, and it probably doesn’t come much more creative than The Reader, and … [Read more...]
[Sunday Salon] : A little something for the Sebaldian worshipper
February 15, 2009 By 5 Comments
Rather than using it as an opportunity to spread the intimate details of my dreary bibliophilic life, I’m using the vehicle of the Sunday Salon this week to once again point you to something which I hope is of greater value. I’ve noticed a … [Read more...]
Hamish Hamilton’s Five Dials Magazine: It ain’t half bad (and it’s FREE)
January 21, 2009 By 2 Comments
There I am going through my usual morning routine of ‘feed reading’ on Bloglines, when I stumbled across the mention in one of my favourite bookish blogs - dovegreyreader scribbles (I just adore the way she writes), of a literary magazine I’ve … [Read more...]