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, August 12, 2014
Chinese empresses, Gruffalos and Alain de Botton: Day two at the Edinburgh international book festival
From the Jesus and Mary Chain to the literary sensation of the moment, Norwegian Karl Ove Knausgaard, we bring you the highlights of the second day of the festival
The festival bookshop. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian
Welcome to day two of the Edinburgh international book festival. Before a big day that will include Alex Salmond and George RR Martin in the space of a few hours, Sunday delighted all with literary events that went from Alain de Botton to a fascinating Iranian-turned-Dutch writer. The weather turned all Scottish today, which was fair enough.
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