Jon McGregor Archives : BookerTalk

Sample Sunday is an opportunity to check all the books on my shelves and decide what to keep

Sample Sunday: On Students, Activists and Authors

August 7, 2022August 11, 2022 BookerTalk 12 Comments Ayaan Hirst Ali, Booker prize, Jon McGregor, Miguel Syjuco, Sample Sunday, TBR

From the 280+ owned-but-unread books on my bookshelves, I’m choosing three whose titles begin with the letter I. Unusually I’ve

My favourite books of 2021

January 2, 2022 BookerTalk 45 Comments 2021reading, David Malouf, Elizaveth von Arnim, Jon McGregor, Kamila Shamsie, Megha Majumdar, Nadifa Mohammed, Yoko Ogawa

Happy New Year everyone! I know we’re all hoping that 2022 will be see us get back to some degree

Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor imagines the effect on a small community when a girl goes missing

Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor — life goes on

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 BookerTalk 58 Comments Booker prize, Jon McGregor

Of all the books long-listed for the 2017 Man Booker prize, Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor was the one I

#20books of summer Reading plans

#20booksofsummer: It’s A Wrap For 2021

September 1, 2021May 20, 2022 BookerTalk 32 Comments #20booksofsummer, Carys Davies, Jon McGregor

Drum roll please. Stand my for an important announcement! This year has seen my best ever performance in 20 booksofsummer.

What I’m Reading : Episode 36, July 2021 – from India to Tangiers and Antarctica

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 BookerTalk 21 Comments #20booksofsummer, Carys Davies, christine Mangan, David Roland, Jon McGregor

Greetings from the blistering heat of Wales. Now that’s not something you’ll hear me say often since we’re known more

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