Best books not of 2012
Best book lists at this time of the year (well, last year) focus on the ones published in 2012 -- but both The Guardian and The Rumpus have now asked folks about the best books not from 2012:...
View ArticleThe complete review in 2012
Yesterday I gave an overview of the year in reviews at the complete review -- a breakdown of how much and what was reviewed. Now as far as what got read at the site ..... I'm glad...
View ArticleNo Sale review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Patrick Conrad's cinematic (or cinemanic) thriller, No Sale.
View ArticleJanuary issues of online periodicals
Among the January issues of online periodicals now available are: - Words without Borders' January issue, themed: Writing from Haiti -- with some new Bangla Literature for good measure....
View ArticleLiterary magazine subsidies in Australia
In Quadrant editor Keith Windschuttle vents -- and not for the first time -- about the Australia Council's Literature Board's 'slashing' of the annual grant the magazine receives, in The...
View ArticleRejtő Jenő profile
At hlo yesterday they had brief profile of the author they say was: 'the only Hungarian pulp fiction writer appreciated by literary historians', Pen name: P. Howard. Jenő Rejtő died 70 years...
View ArticleWhitbread Costa category winners
They've announced the winners of the Whitbread Costa Book Awards -- though not yet at the official site, last I checked (sigh ...); see, for example, Costa awards 2012: graphic biography wins...
View Article1962 Nobel Prize: Steinbeck beat out ...
One of the fun things at the start of every year is that the Swedish Academy opens up the archives to the Nobel Prize in Literature deliberations from fifty years ago. This year the documents...
View ArticleSilent House review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's 1983 novel, Silent House, finally available in English.
View ArticleLooking ahead to 2013 ... in Spain
I've pointed to English-language previews of what books we can look forward to in 2013 (for example, here), but it's also always interesting to see what's getting published in other countries...
View ArticleTales of Encounter review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Three Egyptian Novellas by Yusuf Idris, Tales of Encounter, now out from American University in Cairo Press.
View ArticleTop 10 in crime fiction in 2012 in Germany
German weekly Die Zeit polls critics for their top ten works of crime fiction monthly (see, for example, the January, 2013 list) and have now tallied the top ten of 2012. Stretching the...
View ArticleMore 2013 previews
Additional 2013 previews now include The Guardian's 2013: the year ahead in books and the Chicago Tribune's Literary 2013 is upon us.
View ArticleNew York literary magazines
In The Observer Hermione Hoby profiles New York literary magazines -- start spreading the news -- pretty much the usual suspects, but decent enough as a quick introduction/overview.
View ArticleBook sales in 2012 in ... Australia
In The Age Jason Steger reports that in Australia Shades of Grey provides stark picture of the state of book sales in 2012, as: Volume fell 6.3 per cent to 56.6 million, worth $978 million, a...
View ArticleEntering the Japanese public domain
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports that it in Japan it is a 'Bumper year' for book lovers / Literary masterpieces enter public domain, become free online, as in Japan: The law stipulates that...
View ArticleRevenge review
The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of what's billed as Eleven Dark Tales by Ogawa Yoko, Revenge. As you may have guessed, I'm a fan (four of her other titles...
View ArticleLuis Goytisolo's Antagonía
A couple of years ago, when Luis Goytisolo's -- rather than, more obviously, brother Juan's -- name popped up in discussions about the Nobel Prize I looked into whether or not he really might...
View ArticleAndri Snær Magnason reviews
The most recent additions to the complete review are my reviews of two recently translated fantastical books by Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason: LoveStar The Story of the Blue Planet
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