Interview with Gavin James Bower
Gavin James Bower's second novel, Made in Britain, was published yesterday by Quartet Books - the small independent publishers based in central London that Bower joyfully describes as a "family". He tells me who sits in which room on which... More...
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Friday, 30 September, 2011
Scottish Talent
Freight Books is the new fiction imprint from Gutter Magazine - the award-winning magazine of new Scottish writing. Like Gutter, Freight Books is dedicated to promoting Scottish literary fiction, and it launched this month with the publication of Christopher Wallace's... More...
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Wednesday, 28 September, 2011
The Night Circus Online
Last week saw the publication of Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus; the snaking narrative of a mysterious travelling circus, open only at night and constructed entirely in black and white. "The circus", the novel begins, "arrives without warning.... More...
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Saturday, 24 September, 2011
The Book Stops Here
Last night was this month's The Book Stops Here - the hugely entertaining literary party organised by Emma Young and Lija Kresowaty at The Alley Cat bar in London's Soho. As advertised, the line up was "dynamite" - with Ali... More...
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Tuesday, 6 September, 2011
Banned books: forbidden fruit?
This month celebrates intellectual freedom and our 'right to read' in the form of Banned Books Week. From 24th September to 1st October, events at libraries across the country will discuss problems of censorship, highlighting books that have been banned... More...
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Monday, 5 September, 2011
September Update: Teju Cole, Amy Waldman, Jonathan Trigell, Jo Baker and the African Short Story
It's been an eventful month between issues, yet the world of arts and letters still managed to squeeze in among the main headlines - often for dubious reasons. During the Great British Shoplift, Waterstone's and other bookstores seemed to be... More...
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Monday, 5 September, 2011
