Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Hobbit Mythology, Classics Reinvented
October 1, 2012 | by Sadie Stein - Paris Review
Artists from all over the world reinterpret covers for The Observer’s list of the hundred greatest novels.
The Ransom Center’s Pale King archive is now open to the public.
Look through some of DFW’s extensive notes.
Good news for Louie C.K.: the Puzo estate can’t prevent any future Godfather films.
“The Hobbit, published seventy-five years ago, is not a fantasy-adventure as it is being described, but a myth, or part of a mythology.” On the novel’s scholarly underpinnings.
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