Fancy a Smoke?, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock. One of the books that I'm currently working my way through at the moment is Stuart Evers' debut short story collection, Ten Stories About Smoking (you can read my forethoughts on it, HERE). … [Read more...]
‘Things Seem So Far Away, Here’ by Stuart Evers
August 7, 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: 6th August 2011 Briefly: Linda arrives for the first time at her brother's impressive country home, excited to see … [Read more...]
‘Some Great Project’ by Stuart Evers
July 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Story Title: 'Some Great Project' by Stuart Evers Collection/Anthology?: Ten Stories About Smoking (Picador) Date Read: 22nd July 2011 Briefly: With his father's health failing rapidly, the narrator reveals an interest to him, in building a … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Thursday 7th May 2009
May 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Harper Collins make a daily feature of their backlist - Here’s a nifty idea from Harper Collins - a new website that focuses solely on titles from their back catalogue. Simply called BACK•LIST the new site will, in their own words, “feature an … [Read more...]
Forethoughts: White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
April 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi came to me from publisher Picador UK in one of these ‘first five to reply’ kind of ways. It’s definitely not the usual kind of book I’d go for but it had a synopsis that intrigued me (I checked before … [Read more...]
‘Book Bites’ for Wednesday 4th March 2009
March 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Penguin Podcasts make a welcome return - Penguin UK sent out a tweet today to let their followers know that their Penguin Podcasts have returned, and with a shiny new host too, in the shape of Hannah Flyn. So head on over to the dedicated Penguin … [Read more...]