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Bookshots: 'Springtime: A Ghost Story' by Michelle de Kretser
April 11th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Springtime: A Ghost Story
Read Review →Bookshots: ‘The Association of Small Bombs’ by Karan Mahajan
April 7th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Association of Small Bombs 'The Association of Small Bombs' expertly examines pain. It pulses with awareness, feeling, and collectivism. Who wrote it? Karan Mahajan, whose first novel, Family Planning, was an International Dylan Thomas Prize finalist. He was born in New Delhi, India.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Septimania' by Jonathan Levi
April 7th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Septimania Who Wrote It: A book for lovers of the insanely literary form, for people who love to dream. Jonathan Levi, author of the critically acclaimed A Guide for the Perplexed. Plot in a Box: This is where things get complicated for Septimania. Almost immediately.
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned…' edited by Conrad Williams
April 6th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Dead Letters: An Anthology of the Undelivered, the Missing, the Returned…
Read Review →Bookshots: 'Asking for It' by Louise O'Neill
April 5th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Asking For It
Read Review →Bookshots: 'The Dig' by John Preston
April 4th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: The Dig Who Wrote It: A comfortable, calming sort of book with the additional merit of a truly intriguing subject. London-based arts editor at the Sunday Telegraph and real life nephew of one of the archaeologists in The Dig, John Preston.
Read Review →Product Review: Google's Editions at Play
March 28th, 2016
“We sell books that cannot be printed” – that's the slogan for Google's new publishing initiative, Editions at Play. It's a simple way of telling readers exactly what they're in for since these aren't just eBooks, but stories specifically designed from conception to move and interact. About Editions at Play People sometimes say that physical books have qualities that do not transfer well to digital. We want to show that digital has narrative qualities that cannot transfer to print.
Read Review →Bookshots: ‘Relief Map’ by Rosalie Knecht
March 28th, 2016
Bookshots: Pumping new life into the corpse of the book review Title: Relief Map Who wrote it? Knecht’s prose gracefully tackles complex topics with the hushed suspense of a classic like the film Rear Window. Rosalie Knecht, a translator and social worker who lives in New York City. Thanks to her, folks can read Cesar Aira’s The Seamstress in the Wind in English. Relief Map is her novel debut.
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