I didn’t post on Friday because I was at the Small Wonder Festival at Charleston House, near Brighton. It’s a literary festival, now in its sixth year, that spans ...
Given that this is a blog about books, it would be hard to let this week pass without mentioning Dan Brown. Purely in terms of commercial success, the release of ...
I’m writing this a day early, since I’m going to be away for a while from tomorrow and the demands of suitcases waiting to be filled mean this ...
Twice this week I’ve thought about “Pig” by Roald Dahl (which you can find in his compilation Kiss Kiss). The first because of the various columns in the newspapers talking ...
Much has been made this week of Barack Obama’s holiday reading list, which delivers a big, fist-pumping, ‘Yes we can,’ to those who think there’s only enough time ...
Since Litro is focusing on the topic of film adaptations this month, I thought I’d write today about a recent instance of a film adapted from a piece of short ...
The big news in the book industry this week has been Bloomsbury’s cover design for Liar by Justine Larbalestier. You can read all about it ...
Hello, and welcome to my new blog for Litro. I’ll be posting here every Friday, so check back weekly for all the latest.
I’ll begin by introducing myself and ...