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'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak
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 →
Bookworms
Deft Reading of Snare Hits - A Sprawling Post
johnvincler wrote 1 week ago: It is a certainly a deft reading of snare hits, but is it literature? 1. Procrastinating while writi … more →
Hollywood writer Tweeting from jail
Dean Samways wrote 2 weeks ago: John Avary Roger Avary, the Pulp Fiction story writer, is tweeting observations from behind bars. Se … more →
'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak
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chrislima90 wrote 4 months ago: My good intentions of leaving novels for the period of the dissertation have not lasted long. Havin … more →
Waterstones’ New Voices 2009 - Interview Four - Jenn Ashworth
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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 →
'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga
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 →
Waterstone's New Voices 2009 - Interview Three - Amanda Smyth
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 →
Waterstones' New Voices 2009 - Interview Two - Yiyun Li
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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 →
Waterstones' New Voices 2009 - Interview One - Janice Y. K. Lee
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 →
Snowman
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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 →
'Engleby' by Sebastian Faulks
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 →
'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys
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 →
The Scribbler Blog - Post one of many...
Dean Samways wrote 1 year ago: Welcome to the newest, freshest blog for exciting, contemporary writers Hello enthusiastic writer an … more →
'On Chesil Beach' by Ian McEwan
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: The Independent has called it ‘wonderful…exquisite…devastating’. A friend of … more →
'The Remains of the Day' by Kazuo Ishiguro
chrislima90 wrote 1 year ago: As I said in the LMCS discussion list, one of the most remarkable things about Kazuo Ishiguro’ … more →
'Atonement' by Ian McEwan
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 →
The Rain Horse
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 →
'The Royal Hunt of the Sun' by Peter Shaffer
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 →
Douglas Coupland - Jpod
cultblender wrote 2 years ago: Writing about writing is a bit like reading about reading; it usually doesn’t make much sense. … more →
'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Housseini
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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 →
