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The Rushdie Knighthood
Over at the Kenyon Review blog Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky has written a provocative post reflecting on the implications of Salman Rushdie's…
The Patron Saint of Bloggers
It was probably inevitable that Samuel Pepys, the most famous diarist in history, should have a blog dedicated to him.…
Armistead Maupin in Liverpool on July 4, 2007
On Independence Day 2007, Armistead Maupin, one of America’s greatest living gay writers will be appearing at a special event…
Philip Pullman–Favourite Children’s Novelist
To mark the 70th award of the Carnegie Medal, the annual award for children's writers, Philip Pullman has been voted…
Are you deciding what to read?
As an inveterate browser of bookshops I've only occasionally allowed myself to be sucked in by the 3-for-2 deals on…
Strangers and Strange Worlds: Readers’ Day Saturday 7th July 2007
Hosted by The Reader in association with Archbishop Blanch High School. If you love reading then you'll love the Readers'…
Michael Rosen on Reading for Pleasure
Michael Rosen, who was appointed Children's Laureate yesterday, is well known as a critic of British education policy, especially when…
Find Time to Read
When academics and teachers get together one of the most common complaints they have about their students is that "young…
Orange Prize Winners Announced
The winners of the Orange Prize were announced last night at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Nigerian…
The Poetry of Les Murray
Les Murray, sometimes of this parish, features in this week's New Yorker in a review article by Dan Chiasson. Chiasson…
Underground Books
One theory about how to get people reading is that if you put books in front of them they will…
Middle Ages Tech Support
New technology is never easy.
