January 23, 2013
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Patchwork — Artist Lilli Carré talks about her story collection Heads or Tails with Robot 6: I wanted to include the majority of the short stories I’ve produced over the past five years, and so I went through all my stuff … Continue reading
September 19, 2012
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A charming interview with Patrick Kelly, the owner of a second-hand bookshop in Brixton called Book Mongers. The shop celebrated its 20 year anniversary in May: (via Simon Armstrong)
August 17, 2012
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The brilliant Jon Gray and Jamie Keenan reveal the 20 irrefutable theories of book cover design. All of them are great. Also at The Guardian: Ahdaf Soueif, author most recently of Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, on fiction and the revolution in … Continue reading
December 21, 2011
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Kate Beaton’s Wonder Woman returns. Five-Pointed Stars of Pain — An excellent post on Dan Clowes and his latest book The Death- Ray at The Brooklyn Rail: Clowes engaged themes consistent with those of literary fiction in visual terms and in bookstore-friendly … Continue reading
December 7, 2011
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Curate, Curate, Curate — An interview with James Daunt, the new managing director of Waterstone’s, in The Independent: “You have to let the booksellers decide how to curate their own stock,” he says. “The skill of a good bookseller is … Continue reading