Peter Ackroyd Archives : BookerTalk

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

Sample Sunday: From England to Persia

March 21, 2021March 22, 2021 BookerTalk 12 Comments Ahmet Altan, Anita Amirrezvani, Peter Ackroyd, Reading plans, Sample Sunday

For someone who has never been an eager reader of short stories, I have surprisingly acquired a large number of

British authors Chinese authors Nigerian authors Top Ten Tuesday

Books On My Autumn TBR List

September 27, 2016 BookerTalk 19 Comments Freeman Wills Crofts, hans Fallada, Howard Jacobson, Mo Yan, Oliver Goldsmith, Patina Gappah, Peter Ackroyd, Peter Carey, Voltaire, Xue Xinran

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday looks to that season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and asks what we’ll be reading

Book Reviews historical fiction

Review: The Clerkenwell Tales

February 7, 2013 BookerTalk 1 Comment Peter Ackroyd, UK, world literature

There are times when I see the blurbs on cover of a book I’ve just finished and wonder if I’d

Sunday Salon world literature

Sunday Salon: Not the greatest of weeks

February 3, 2013 BookerTalk 6 Comments A S Byatt, Peter Ackroyd, Sunday Salon

The end of January was one of those weeks when all you want to do is hide under the duvet.

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