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LATEST ARTICLES ( 399 )

• Gabriel Josipovici Interview

  

  I had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing Gabriel Josipovici for Numero Cinq magazine; what came out of the weeks we spoke together was a profound, movin... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Georges Simenon and Inspector Maigret

  

  When I was first growing serious about learning French, I was advised repeatedly to read Simenon’s Maigret stories. The French was so simple! I was assured,... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Close Encounters with Woodworking

  

  Several years ago now, when Mr Litlove was first getting serious about his furniture making, I remember he was sitting propped up against the pillows one... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic

  

  I am a fully paid-up card-carrying fan of Elizabeth Gilbert, but there is often a moment at the start of her books where I feel like I might have sat next to th... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• I Call Myself A Feminist

  

  Twenty-five essays collected together with a generous helping of quotes from other well-known women, with the particular slant that the essays are all written b... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Dark Tales for Dark Days

  

  The Watchers by Neil Spring is based on a series of real and unexplained events near the coast of Wales in the late 1970s. In the winter of 1977 a spate of UFO... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Out of Sheer Enthusiasm: The Prison Book Club

  

  I will confess up front that teaching literature in prisons is something I have long been interested in doing – only whenever I start to think I might have... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Recent Reading: The Goldfinch, Frances & Bernard, Cop Town

  

  I have stalled in my reading of The Goldfinch at an embarrassingly early part of the book, well, if we are counting in inches, that is. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• In Which I Learn More About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  This year has not been good for chronic fatigue; I’ve been low in energy for most of it, apart from a brief spell over the summer during which I crammed in as... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Competition Winner

  

  In the draw for Julie Wassmer’s Murder on Sea, the winner is Karen from My Reading Corner! Well done, Karen! If you’d like to drop me an email (address in the... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Magnificent Seven

  

  Yes, issue no. 7 of Shiny New Books is now live! I’ve got a huge BookBuzz section somehow – not entirely sure how! – so do go and check out our latest pick for... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• More Cosy Crime

  

  It just so happens that I’ve had two blog tours come along, one after the other. Today’s is for the latest (seventh) Kate Shackleton crime novel by Frances... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• This Was Exciting Six Weeks Ago

  Way back in the mists of time, which is to say the very end of July, Mr Litlove rang me early one morning to say he’d just learned his job was coming to an end. Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Vertigo

  

  Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film, which topped the British Film Institute’s poll in 2012 for best film of all time, is deservedly famous. But how many people have... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Internet Shaming: Why The End Doesn’t Justify The (Being) Mean

  

  Jon Ronson’s latest book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed begins his enquiry with a completely engrossing account of the onslaught of public shamings that have... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Two Go To Greece

  

  Much earlier in the summer, Mr Litlove and our son decided they would like to have a boys’ bonding holiday together. They toyed with the idea of doing a... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• My Experience Is Not Your Experience

  I walk into the supermarket. I know exactly where I’m going. I head to the shelves of books for sale and start flicking through them, trying to ignore the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Today Is Extra Shiny!

  

  I’m particularly excited by today’s Extra Shiny because my section, BookBuzz, is full of all sorts of new and thrilling things. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Back To Life

  

  ‘Of all my memories, of all my life’s innumerable sensations, the most onerous was that of the single murder I had committed.’ So begins Gaito Gazdanov’s... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Three Unique Voices

  

  Sometimes it’s good to read a book that does things a little differently and shakes up the reading experience. Scottish writer, Janice Galloway, is an author... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE