Why Rob is going to be ‘shorting out’ throughout the month of May

And so here we are into the month of May, and If the reading schedule at RobAround Manor wasn't packed enough already - with both my Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist and Totally Knut reading projects running at full throttle at the moment … [Read more...]

‘Book Bites’ for Tuesday 2nd June 2009

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...]

‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 13th May 2009

Sony sponsoring Hay Festival - So I’m thinking Amazon think they’re just going to stroll into the UK with their Kindle and people are going to faint and swoon at their feet at the excitement of finally getting their hands on them. Well Amazon’s … [Read more...]

‘Book Bites’ for Monday 11th May 2009

Sky Arts to serve up daily Hay - Great news if you live in the UK, have Sky television and want to gen up on all of the latest ‘happenings’ at the Hay Festival which starts later this month (21st-31st May). The Sky Arts Channel is broadcasting a … [Read more...]