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Notwithstanding a general dislike of the short story genre

mhaleccl wrote 2 weeks ago: Nothwithstanding by Louis Bernieres For anyone that read my blog on short stories you will know that … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Short Stories, Reading Habits

The Book Buying Ban... The Update33 comments

savidgereads wrote 1 month ago: So I haven’t bought a book since the end of October when I had a bit of a haul that I reported to yo … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, Agatha Christie, Ali Smith, angela carter, Arthur Conan Doyle, Barbara Pym, Dan Rhodes, Danuta de Rhodes, Gao Xingjian

Louis De Bernières--"The Girt Pike" (Prospect, November 2009)

Paul wrote 1 month ago: SOUNDTRACK: TINDERSTICKS-can our love… (2001). After Simple Pleasure, Tindersticks continued i … more →

Tags: Paul Quarrington, Short Story, tindersticks, summer, Prospect, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Doors, Nostalgia, Fishing

Some Culture South West12 comments

savidgereads wrote 2 months ago: This Friday and Saturday just gone seems to be a blur of culture frankly. Now I know this weekend ha … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, Tom Rob Smith, Kamila Shamsie

Notwithstanding - Louis De Bernieres20 comments

savidgereads wrote 2 months ago: Some books people tell you that you simply must read and yet you simply don’t. One book that my Gran … more →

Tags: Review, random house publishing, Harvill Secker Books, Books of 2009

Sea Holly Ceramics

createdgallery wrote 2 months ago: Sea Holly Christmas Decorations While on holiday up here in Wigtown (Dumfries), Dom and I took the o … more →

Tags: New in at the gallery, Snippets and gossip, Bladnoch, bladnoch distillery, bladnoch whisky, Country Living Magazine Christmas Fair, Iain Banks, Kenny Logan, Roddy Doyle

Latest Library Loots & Publishers Parcels23 comments

savidgereads wrote 3 months ago: I haven’t quite finished ‘Her Fearful Symmetry’ which is hard to believe as it is so gripping but I … more →

Tags: Book Thoughts, Wilkie Collins, Georgette Heyer, julia child, Caroline Rance, Libby Cone

Is it a novel or a Scrabble game?

Azalea wrote 4 months ago: I was going to [lambaste? excoriate?] Louis de Bernières here for using hyper-abstruse words but fou … more →

Tags: dishcloth, foreign words, waffle check, Lindsey Davis, falco, Birds Without Wings, "The World's Writing Systems"

What else?34 comments

Diane wrote 7 months ago: I know you will think this is just another excuse for a gratuitous George Clooney photo and you are … more →

Tags: Movies, Places, Weddings, videos, Cool Ads, Interesting Facts, Travel, Weather, Television

As long as you don't judge it by its cover2 comments

stefpie wrote 8 months ago: Ush and I were ambling along the high street this afternoon on our way to the cinema and stepped int … more →

Tags: Chatting away, Books, Reading, Novels, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Literature

The Instructional Designer is dead

Simon Weller wrote 8 months ago: In 1967, French literary critic Roland Barthes proclaimed that the author is dead. Now a catch-cry o … more →

Tags: Learning, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Roland Barthes, author is dead, Instructional Design

A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres

ruth72 wrote 8 months ago: It is 1970s London, and Chris is bored with himself, his life and his dull marriage.  He meets Roza … more →

Tags: Reviews, A Partisan's Daughter

LOUIS DE BERNIERES - RED DOG

matthewfryer wrote 8 months ago: This is a wonderful book, inspired by the author’s visit to Western Australia and an extraordi … more →

Tags: about books, red dog

Louis de Bernières + the South American war on drugs

Vanessa wrote 9 months ago: "A peasant spreads out coca leaves to dry in the sun in Asunta, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 … more →

Tags: Literature, Current Events, Photography, Bolivia, South America, coca

captain corelli's mandolin

kittykittykitty wrote 10 months ago: ah love. louis de bernieres makes it dangerously sexy. … more →

Tags: Books, Captain Corelli's Mandolin

A study of studies1 comment

bookwitch wrote 10 months ago: I painted Louis de Bernières’ writing room this morning, over breakfast, in my own writing roo … more →

Tags: Authors, Interview, writing

Corelli and Elvis

mjortega wrote 11 months ago: So, I finished reading The War of Don Emmanuel’s Netherparts by Louis de Bernieres.  I really … more →

Tags: Books, Elvis, The War of Don Emmanuel's Netherparts, Corelli's Mandolin

Costa Book Awards shortlist announced1 comment

Dean Samways wrote 1 year ago: Some of the nominees in the running for the Costa Book Awards 2008 (picture by The Guardian) The sho … more →

Tags: News, fiction news, The Scribbler, The Scribbler Blog, Video, Seamus Swords, Tom Rob Smith, 2008, Costa Book Awards

A Partisan's Daughter, by Louis De Bernieres

New York wrote 1 year ago: A Partisan's Daughter   A Partisan’s Daughter, November 2008, 7/10. Written by Louis De Be … more →

Tags: Fiction, 7/10, British


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