My good intentions of leaving novels for the period of the dissertation have not lasted long. Having to travel to London twice in the last two months, I simply needed a book. I was attracted by the t… more →
Bookwormsjohnvincler wrote 1 week ago: It is a certainly a deft reading of snare hits, but is it literature? 1. Procrastinating while writi … more →
Dean Samways wrote 2 weeks ago: John Avary Roger Avary, the Pulp Fiction story writer, is tweeting observations from behind bars. Se … more →
chrislima90 wrote 4 months ago: My good intentions of leaving novels for the period of the dissertation have not lasted long. Havin … more →
Dean Samways wrote 7 months ago: Jenn Asworth's debute novel A Kind Of Intimacy Author Jenn Ashworth is the fourth writer to be i … more →
chrislima90 wrote 7 months ago: Eduardo got this book as a present from Sara, a couple of months ago, and devoured it in three days. … more →
Seamus Swords wrote 7 months ago: Amanda Smyth's debute novel Black Rock Amanda Smyth has been included on the Waterstone’s ones t … more →
Seamus Swords wrote 7 months ago: The Vagrants By Yiyun Li Yiyun Li has made it onto the Waterstones’ ones to watch list 2009 af … more →
Seamus Swords wrote 8 months ago: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K Lee Janice Y. K. Lee has written her first novel to much acclaim, af … more →
chrislima90 wrote 9 months ago: Wallace Stevens One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees … more →
chrislima90 wrote 11 months ago: I take for granted that all narrators are unreliable, but I had never read a book where this is so f … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: My first novel since I started the MEd course. No big news that the reading load for an MA is heavy … more →
Dean Samways wrote 1 year ago: Welcome to the newest, freshest blog for exciting, contemporary writers Hello enthusiastic writer an … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: The Independent has called it ‘wonderful…exquisite…devastating’. A friend of … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: As I said in the LMCS discussion list, one of the most remarkable things about Kazuo Ishiguro’ … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: I still haven’t seen the film because when it was launched I hadn’t read the novel yet a … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: At the wood top, with the silvered grey light coming in behind it, the black horse was standing unde … more →
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: I was in Cajamarca, Peru, a couple of weeks ago and my friends and I were at the main square when I … more →
cultblender wrote 2 years ago: Writing about writing is a bit like reading about reading; it usually doesn’t make much sense. … more →
chrislima90 wrote 8 months ago: I cannot remember the last time I had wept reading a novel. I think it was about 25 years ago readin … more →