A stunning short film on the beauty of the book. Enjoy! • Reclusive author Cormac McCarthy takes some time out with the WSJ to discuss the upcoming film adaptation of The Road. • OK. So there is a lot of bad sex in fiction. But I’ll bet you’d struggle to name one book in which [...]
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The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced! In a lavish ceremony held in New York last night, Andy Borowitz presented the 2009 fiction award to Colum McCann for his novel, Let the Great World Spin. Focusing on the lives of several New Yorkers on one day in 1974 (namely, the day [...]
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Volvo goes for the throat with some aggressive product placement in the film adaptation of New Moon – which, as it just so happens, is out in cinemas now. • “Ayn Rand never got into an argument she couldn’t win. Except, perhaps, with herself.” • Flarf? • It’s that time of year again! The 2009 [...]
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One Day David Nicholls Year: 2009 Pages:448 Romeo and Juliet. Elizabeth and Mr Darcy. Dex and Em? So their names might not have quite the same ring together as some of fiction’s romantic greats but Dexter and Emma, the couple at the heart of David Nicholls’s third novel One Day, are destined to go down [...]
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Fans of TV’s How I Met Your Mother rejoice – now you can get your Bro on the Go! • Some say that “the internet has evolved a new species of magpie reader, gathering bright little buttons of knowledge, before hopping on to the next shiny thing”. Well, I believe, to the contrary. You see, [...]
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According to a press release issued by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research this morning, the Government has decided to ignore the recommendations of the Productivity Commission and keep Australia’s current parallel importation restrictions intact. The full press release has been replicated below: ‘Australian book printing and publishing is under strong competitive pressure [...]
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Cleo: How an Uppity Cat Helped Heal a Family Helen Brown Year: 2009 Pages: 304 Kleenex should have done a deal with author Helen Brown when she released her latest book, Cleo: How an Uppity Cat Helped Heal a Family. I am sure this big-hearted and moving book has been responsible for an increase in [...]
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Back in September, we gave one lucky reviewer a complimentary $50 gift voucher as thanks for posting their impressions up on our site. Well, now that October has rolled on by, it’s once again time to announce the winner of our latest monthly Review Competition. So let’s get into it! I’m pleased to announce that [...]
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Hell’s Angels Hunter S. Thompson Pages: 288 Published: 1966 Bursting onto the scene in post-war California with all the subtlety of one of their trademark ‘chopped hogs’, the Hell’s Angels, from the very outset, aimed to misbehave. But because much of the gang’s provenance now lies shrouded in mystery, the strange and terrible saga of [...]
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Next Michael Crichton Year: 2007 Pages: 629 Guest Reviewer: Sven Vollstag Michael Crichton was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1942. Which has no bearing on this review. He was not (NOT) born in any sort of log cabin. One time, he plagiarised George Orwell, but it was OK ‘cause he told some guy he was [...]