I recently came across an interesting exercise, in which you are asked to read a paragraph about two very different sorts of lives, and choose which one you would prefer to live. Choice one: the world adores you and bows to you, and all is beautiful, comfortable, and glorious…with a catch. In the other, you…Continue reading Which would you choose?
Category: Personal
Would you read a story on your iphone?
I don’t have a Kindle yet, or a Nook, or an ipad. But I do have an iphone, on which I occasionally read short sections of books while waiting in the security line at the airport. Although I’ll never, ever give up ink-and-paper books, I can imagine a kind of reading schizophrenia, wherein I read…Continue reading Would you read a story on your iphone?
Thank you, Sarah Broadhurst!
Today from The Daily Mail, to mark the British publication of The Year of Fog: In just two novels (No One you Know was the first), Michelle Richmond has established herself as mistress of the kind of literary mystery which packs the punch of a fine thriller but with added insight and wisdom…Mesmerising and harrowing,…Continue reading Thank you, Sarah Broadhurst!
French prize nomination for Year of Fog
L’annee brouillard, the French translation of The Year of Fog (translated by Sophie Aslanides), is featured this month in the French edition of Elle Magazine as the November selection of the Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices. Read the jurors’ comments here. Read the Elle review here. Thanks so much to the editors at Elle as…Continue reading French prize nomination for Year of Fog
Ben Fong-Torres on the Grateful Dead (+ Pat Sajak, + Elvis)
My friend Ben Fong-Torres will be at the Booksmith on Haight Street tonight at 7:30, talking about his new book, Grateful Dead Scrapbook: The Long, Strange Trip in Stories, Photos, and Memorabilia. Also, read a terrific blog post here for Asian Connections in which Ben talks about Telling My Story, sparring with Pat Sajak, his…Continue reading Ben Fong-Torres on the Grateful Dead (+ Pat Sajak, + Elvis)