Over 100 Face Book users recommended the following books to read over the week end of 21 to 22 May 2011. I’ve selected all the Novels which were: 1) Not already on the list, 2) Attracted at least one “like” recommendation from other Face Book users. The result is the poll below which you can […]
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21st Century New Writers
Posted in The List, tagged Adam Haslett, After the Fire, Anna Richards, Boxer Beetle, Evie Wyld, Little Gods, Mr Chartwell, Ned Beauman, Pigeon English, Rebecca Hunt, Samantha Harvey, Stephen Kelman, The Wilderness, Union Atlantic, Vote on March 25, 2011 | Comments Off on 21st Century New Writers
This site is always open to new writing, as Margaret Atwood says, new ways of using this story transmission device which most people know as the Novel. The World Book Night event recently opened our eyes to some new up-coming literary talent, and some of these new writers need to be considered as potential candidates […]
World Book Night Poll
Posted in The List, tagged A Fine Balance, All Quiet on the Western Front, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Erich Maria Remarque, Fingersmith, Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, Life of Pi, Love in the Time of Cholera, Mark Haddon, Muriel Spark, Northern Lights, Philip Pullman, Rohinton Mistry, Sarah Waters, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Vote, World Book Night, Yann Martel on January 20, 2011 | Comments Off on World Book Night Poll
World Book Night is due to kick-off on 5 March 2011 when a million books will be given away. The Twenty Five books chosen by a committee of judges can be found if you follow the link below. Check out the reviews if you don’t know these works : World Book Night Titles. I have […]
Voting for the best contemporary Chinese novel
Posted in The List, tagged Tash Aw, Timothy Mo, Vote, Yu Hua on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
You have been chosen to make one of three choices by 22 January 2011. Simply click on the voting buttons for one of these novels below.  The Novel with the most votes will win. The first is Tash Aw’s “The Harmony Silk Factory” (2005…) which made the Man Booker Prize long list, and won a Commonwealth Writers Prize […]