Number 3 chiller
There will be a lot of small rectangular presents under the Text Christmas tree, and not just because we're lousy at wrapping anything without straight edges. Read on to see what staff are hoping Santa brings them, and what books they'll be getting for friends and loved ones.
'This novel is a masterpiece of war fiction.' Text Classic The Long Green Shore reviewed in Publishers Weekly.
'Productive writers reject the notion of "writer’s block" the way others shun gluten.' Read more
The New York Review of Books has an excellent piece up on Elena Ferrante, 'the most powerful and enigmatic writer to emerge from contemporary Italy'.
WALLS OF BOOKS IN EVERY ROOM OF THE HOUSE.
Excellent photo portraits of famous authors. (And their dogs, in the case of Faulkner.)
ELIZABETH: So look, we only came to Pemberley because my aunt and uncle wanted a sticky beak and…whoa.
'I have a bottle of Scotch in my bag. Would you care for some?' Francis Plug, star of Paul Ewen's How to Be a Public Author, offers advice on how to talk to famous authors.
Simon Barnard's second career choice seems strange, but I suppose shouldn't be so surprising, given his choice of book subject.
