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‘To reinvent yourself means to live openly to life’: an interview with Tom Rachman, author of The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.
‘Ferrante is a master of the unsayable’: the Guardian on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan series. (Book three in the series, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, is out 24 September.)
The race to destroy priceless manuscripts as idiotically as possible.
An interview with Chris Flynn, author of The Glass Kingdom and A Tiger in Eden, recorded at Avid Reader.
The Guardian on Elizabeth Harrower: ‘Australia’s buried literary treasure is unearthed.’
26 excellent book dedications.
I wonder what it’s like to be a housekeeper. I bet it’s really interesting and authentic, probably. My prestigious literary novel.
Paula Weston’s Rephaim series has been widely praised by bloggers, and the third book in the series, Shimmer, is no exception.
‘Beautiful writing, witty dialogue, badass characters and an intense and richly crafted tale, what else can you ask for?’ says Melanie of Read more
Peter Temple, author of The Broken Shore, Truth and the Jack Irish novels, gives a rare interview to NPR.
Jane Messer makes the case against anonymous reviews.
The case for Peter Temple’s The Broken Shore as the great Australian novel.
‘Every writer needs an editor, and anyone who says he doesn’t has a fool for a muse.’
What the future of reading looks like (to the author of the piece, at least).
Some excellent vintage library posters.
Book Towns: where reading is the reason to live.
The 8 best literary impostors.
Lego Stories: books, etc, reimagined in lego.
People trying to write in art.
Call me, Ishmael: a fun new literary project.
