2016-03-19 18:53
yesterday I learned that Singapore Writers Festival will not run in 2006, as had been discussed. Next festival will be in 2007. Not sure if I'll be involved, but with this in mind, I'm takin… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
Although it reads as if it were delivered in a single breath... Sounds like a lot of fun, despite the strikes and labor actions Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Well now! Do we agree Vancouver and Adelaide? This is the view of Tatler Editor Geordie Greig, in a recent piece in the Sunday Times. He counts 207 literary festivals in the UK alone, and po… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Carlos Fuentes' speech on the wonders of the novel, at the Berlin Literary Festival, is available here from sign and sight, a site that advertises itself as presenting "arts, essays and idea… Read More
2005-08-27 00:33
So it may be awhile before I blog again here! We had a great opening panel, with Peter Goldsworthy, Wei Hui, Nuri Vittachi, Rudhramoorthy Cheran, and Rattawut Lapcharoensap. It is a traditio… Read More
2005-08-24 07:09
The Scotsman is are reporting that the 2005 edition will break attendance records set last year. After the first week the count stands at 108,000 people - 17 per cent more than a year ago. R… Read More
2005-08-19 04:28
One of my favorite literary blogs is Portland, Oregon based Moorish Girl, aka Laila Lalami, whose Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits will be out in the US in October. She's attending the Brea… Read More
2005-08-17 08:59
Which writers do best? This article by novelist and journalist Adam Langer divides writers into five groups:The Freewheeling ImproviserHe/She Who Does Not Suffer Fools GladlyThe Unself-consc… Read More
2005-08-17 08:12
Rule number one: read the book...See this tremendous article in the Herald Read More
2005-08-17 02:29
...for including bloggers in its line-up. This was the spirit of a story in Singapore daily, Today. The story was useful in fact, but just begins to deal with the issues of programming blogg… Read More
2005-08-16 00:38
From one of the panel chairs, journalist Jane Sullivan.According to the article, writer participation is a key element of what makes Byron Bay fun:At the big festivals, writers tend to do t… Read More
2005-08-08 10:50
According to the Scotsman, the Book Festival is off to a record year. Olivier Joly says the Book Festival has already sold more than 50% of tickets, with 130 events sold out. Joly is further… Read More
2005-08-08 10:48
4,500 people expected for Worldcon 2005 - the annual convention of the World Science Fiction Society. See this report in Guardian Books Read More
2005-07-31 15:46
Included are John Irving, Tom Wolfe and Jonathan Safran Foer, Buzz Aldrin, the presidential biographer David McCullough, E. L. Doctorow, Tom Clancy and Sandra Brown. R. W. Apple Jr., Thomas… Read More
2005-07-31 09:36
According to articlein the Sydney Morning Herald. Gosh, all this praise sounds distinctly unlike most of the ways I hear Australians talk about their politicians Read More
2005-07-29 05:07
Australia's Books Alive! promotional program has attracted at least one critic, the head of the Australian Society of Authors, Jeremy Fisher.Fisher says the initiative is spending taxpayers… Read More
2005-07-28 05:54
Says the venerable Beeb::
"Could you read 20 books in 28 days? Would you like to take part in a new BBC Four programme?
We’re looking for six enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated p… Read More
2005-07-27 16:07
Drinking up the artworks and all... See this in the Guardian Read More
2005-07-26 16:11
Interesting article on the funding and political tussles over the Southern Festival of Books. Some 10% of the National Endowment of the Humanities' annual grant to the state of Tennessee is… Read More
2005-07-26 11:04
She is a fan of Festivals in general, and makes the point thatIt is a little bit strange that reading, which is the most solitary and private of acts, should translate into the gospel tent e… Read More
2005-07-26 10:58
Moorish Girl and Literary Saloon both pointed me to this excellent summary of books recently published in Arabic. Actually it is just part of a larger Cairo Review of Books, which is a month… Read More
2005-07-26 10:47
See this article from the INSIDE JoongAng Daily (courtesy of Literary Saloon). According to the article, the writers "also pledged to cooperate regardless of ideology, religion and birthpla… Read More
2005-07-26 10:47
See this article from the INSIDE JoongAng Daily (courtesy of Literary Saloon). According to the article, the writers "also pledged to cooperate regardless of ideology, religion and birthpla… Read More
2005-07-21 16:32
Courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor. Rushdie's new book, Shalimar the Clown, was launched at the Paraty Literary Festival, in Portuguese, before being published in English. It looks li… Read More
2005-07-20 10:19
A fine article from the The Observer... We are thinking of a panel on the subject for Singapore Writers Festival. The review culture isn't that great in Singapore, with a paucity of outlets… Read More
2005-07-19 06:09
Since 1992 they've been giving these awards, for best collection, best first collection and best single poem.
he shortlists are best collection: The Good Neighbour, by John Burnside; Legion… Read More
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