Day of the Dead, Victoria Brownworth
The stories in Victoria A. Brownworth’s Day of the Dead are thronged by the lost and lonely–nuns and researchers, ghosts and vampires,…
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Ash, by Malinda Lo
Ash is Malinda Lo’s first novel. It’s Cinderella retold: In the wake of her father’s death, Ash is left at the mercy…
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Last night I was catching up on my reading and came across a snippet in the New Scientist: the winners in a…
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Blimey. Watch this video about the new widget from Book Glutton. I honestly don’t know what to make of this. I think…
Read moreDon’t be fucking cheap: a rant
Do you want to leave literature in the hands of amateurs, poseurs, and lowest-common-denominator craphacks? If you’re not buying new books that’s…
Read morefalling in love over a book — competition
GalleyCat has been running a competition to find the best story of breaking up over a book. I thought we might turn…
Read moretalking amongst your shelves
At the Guardian, Talking Amongst Your Shelves: A novel way to organise your books is to use different titles to spell out…
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