Interview: Patrick deWitt for the Booker
It’s the Booker prize this week, which of course means the attendant controversy – this time focussing on that terrible crime: the books being too readable. I’ve read three of the list now – Esi […]
BOOKER PRIZE
SEBASTIAN BARRY INTERVIEW
As the Booker prize approaches, I’m making my way through the shortlist. And as much as I’ve enjoyed the likes of Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues, I can’t help thinking the omission of Sebastian Barry’s On […]
HOLLINGHURST/TOIBIN AT MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Yesterday was the first event in the 2011 Manchester Literature Festival, which I blogged on for the festival’s own site. Alan Hollinghurst was, of course, somewhat controversially omitted from the Booker shortlist – and Toibin […]