Well, this autumn, I'm Buried In (Epistolary) print on Fridays. And, almost exactly upon saying so, Kerry mentioned Harriet Russell's delightful book, Envelopes. I absolutely love it when it seems as though the bookish universe is conspiring to make sure you have the perfect combination of reads. I picked up
These are books that periodically make an appearance in my bookbag, the sort of books that don't get read straight through. They're not always cover-to-cover reads for me; if they are, they're read cover-t0-cover over an unusually long period of time. Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings through the First World
David Bezmozgis' The Free World HarperCollins, 2011 The Krasnansky family is making their way out of Soviet Russia, travelling to Rome. Samuil, the patriarch, is annoyed by the tour guide's suggestion that the history of Western civilization could be plotted along the road that the bus is travelling. "Their history:
Dan Vyleta's The Quiet Twin Harper Collins, 2011 Dan Vyleta's The Quiet Twin is like Hitchcock's "Rear Window" gone wrong-er. There's no Technicolor; imagine everyone is dressed in black, and that some individuals conceal an over-sized pocket-knife. Instead of the director cameo, there is a little blonde girl with pigtails
When I first tried to determine the most challenging part of this season's prize-list reading, I was about to stare down the Giller longlist. Yes, you, with your 5318 pages, of which I have read only 4012. I'm not giving up, and I still have a week! And I know
