The nominees for this year's Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award have been announced, revealing a record breaking longlist of 77 short story collections from 17 different countries. Despite a €10,000 drop in the overall winner's … [Read more...]
Jelly Bibliophiles #2 – False hope
March 4, 2012 By 2 Comments
*This post is part of the ongoing Jelly Bibliophiles: Adventures in Book City series. … [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...]
Daily Bookshot: Dreaming of Guyana
September 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dreaming of Guyana, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. Because I'm still thinking very much of EdBookFest (it'll pass I know, especially when I've caught up with my report writing), I wanted to share another of the shots I took at the … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #15 – Of small community living and Polish ghettos
August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. It may have been my second last day of EdBookFest, but I had a couple of real highlights to keep the blues away. To kick off was an event in my most favourite of … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #12 – publicists, Kashmir, and the future of the city
August 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. Before I continue with today's diary entry, I just wanted to offer a quick explanation about my numbering of entries. If you look back on my past EdBookFest Diary … [Read more...]
EdBookFest 2011 Diary: Day #9 – Satirical Tenderloin and Champions
August 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Note: remember to scroll down to the bottom for picture highlights from the day. And so it was that I entered my second week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, with only a single event on my schedule - Tim Binding and John Butler in a … [Read more...]
‘What’s in Swindon?’ by Stuart Evers
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Story Title: 'Things Seem So Far Away, Here' by Stuart Evers Collection/Anthology?: Ten Stories About Smoking (Picador) Date Read: 11th August 2011 Briefly: Marty gets an unexpected phone call at work. It's Angela, a significant ex-partner from … [Read more...]