Posts In Category Books

Imperial Bedrooms – a review.

on July 7, 2010 by admin in Article, Books, Comments (0)

Imperial Bedrooms – Bret Easton Ellis Everyone’s trying to out-Ellis Ellis. So what does Ellis do? He tries to out-Ells himself. That’s the result of Imperial Bedrooms, a curious novel […]

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The Romantics – Fenton On Coleridge at the Bath Literature Festival

on February 29, 2008 by admin in Books, Comments (0)

Sophie Pollard reports back on James Fenton’s exploration of Coleridge at the Bath Lit Festival

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Bath Literature Festival: Edward St Aubyn

on February 24, 2008 by admin in Books, Comments (1)

Richard Allday reports on booker nominated author Edward St Aubyn’s appearance at the Bath Literature Festival

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tti… speaks to Matt Thorne

on October 11, 2007 by admin in Books, Interview, Comments (0)

Matt Thorne has been long listed for the booker prize and has several successful novels on the shelves, including his most recent, Cherry. Richard Allday spoke to him about his writing, what he is working on at the moment and the literary movement that is associated with his name: the New Puritans, a group aimed at bringing simplicity in form and structure back to contemporary writing.

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Money + Bordom + Excess = Epiphany – A Formulaic Novel?

on September 15, 2007 by admin in Books, Comments (2)

Richard Allday considers the literary ramifications of periodic cycles of conspicuous consumption. Figure that one out.

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