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, December 02, 2014
Writers pick the best books of 2014: part 2
The Guardian
From Britain’s brilliantly inventive Ali Smith to America’s master storyteller Richard Ford, from Michael Lewis’s cautionary tale of Wall Street renegades to Henry Marsh’s candid account of neurosurgery, writers, our critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2014. Plus, what they hope to find under the Christmas tree
Shelf selections ... (Top row from left) Colm Toibin, Marina Warner, John Banville, Curtis Sittenfeld, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; (bottom row) Jackie Kay, Helen Dunmore, David Kynaston, Binyavanga Wainana, Naomi Alderman More •Writers pick the best books of 2014: part 1
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