Monday, September 07, 2026

Patient waits and fallow periods

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Well, it's a good while (as ChatGpt has noted!) since I announced on my website that my next book, The Mountain and Other Stories , is t...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Reading group: So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell

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This autobiographical novel, the author’s last, published in 1980 when he was seventy-two, revisits the subject of his first, that of the de...
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Reading group: Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy

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This book (Doug’s suggestion), an interior address by a young mother (the Soldier of the title) to her first baby (Sailor), portrays the phy...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Annabel Gaskell reviews Five Different Stories

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A lovely review from Annabel Gaskell of Five Different Stories About One Thing. She talks about its relationship to Astral Travel (which s...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Held by Anne Michaels

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Clare suggested this book, remembering that she had liked Anne Michael’s  Fugitive Pieces  when we read it. The book has been hugely praise...

Reading Group: When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Sola

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Ann suggested this book alongside  Lord of the Rings  (we take turns to make suggestions, and always suggest two for the rest to choose from...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Bookmunch reviews Five Different Stories About One Thing, and a launch date.

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Here's another very nice review of Five Different Stories About One Thing, this time from Bookmunch. It's very complimentary about ...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

New Publication: Five Different Stories About One Thing.

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It's a long time since I've posted on here anything but the reports of our reading group discussions, but the publication today of m...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Reading Group: Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou

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Warning: Plot spoil Margeret's latest suggestion was this widely acclaimed and International Booker long-listed book set in the People...