Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro: Promise Unfulfilled
I’m not a great fan of short stories but I thought this year I would push myself to read at
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Reading Horizons For Japanese Literature Challenge
Events like the Japanese Literature Challenge give me a great excuse to have a rummage through the shelves and stacks
Read moreReading from the sick bed
Sickness, recovery, recuperation. At such times what sort of reading material do you reach for? The question arose for me
Read moreLove is in the air
Since today is Valentine’s Day what better opportunity can there be to talk about how fiction represents romance and love?
Read moreCrystal ball gazing for Booker prize 2015
Tomorrow sees the announcement of the Man Booker Prize longlist for 2015. I was hesitating from making some predictions of
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