So today is the big day and we finally find out who is the winner of the Man Booker 2009. Its been quite a special year for me as its the first time I have read the entire longlist before the shortlis… more →
Savidge Readswrote 1 month ago: Title: The Quickening Maze Author: Adam Foulds Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; F … more →
wrote 2 months ago: So it was indeed Wolf Hall, in the end (though not, I note, as the result of a unanimous vote). On N … more →
wrote 3 months ago: So today is the big day and we finally find out who is the winner of the Man Booker 2009. Its been q … more →
wrote 3 months ago: At William Hill, Hilary Mantel was thought to be the Man Booker Prize frontrunner for her novel of … more →
wrote 3 months ago: A breezy book, easy to read and a unique and enjoyable style. I really hope he wins the Booker. I fi … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The Man Booker 2009 shortlist was announced on 8th September, so this post is a little outdated. But … more →
wrote 3 months ago: “A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us,” declares one character … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I haven’t yet updated my post on the Booker list. I haven’t, and won’t manage to r … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Adam Foulds Adam Foulds recently published both an acclaimed first novel, The Truth About These Stra … more →
wrote 3 months ago: caption]Beautiful evening, beautiful setting - and thanks to Paul Tovell of Notts libraries for the … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The Man Booker Prize shortlist has been announced with six authors competing for the top prize of £ … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The field is narrowing for the Man Booker prize, with the long list being whittled back to 6 contend … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The six nominees for the Man Booker Prize for 2009 were announced this evening on the BBC Radio 4 ar … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Daca tot am postat lista lunga, se cade sa pun aici si lista scurta a nominalizatilor la Man Booker … more →
wrote 3 months ago: The final six..... So – here’s the six from which one will emerge on October 6th. The Ch … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Well it seems that my Man Booker shortlist guess earlier today was somewhat off the mark! mind you … more →
wrote 3 months ago: There have been some books that I have been really daunted by on the Man Booker Longlist and some th … more →
wrote 4 months ago: By the time you read this I should be either waiting in the airport, on the plane (which doesn … more →
wrote 4 months ago: I have had quite an influx of books at Savidge Towers from some lovely publishers and thought I woul … more →