Archive for the ‘Awards’ Category

Local Authors Nominated for Major Award….

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Two local authors have made it onto the longlist for the prestigious Guardian First Book Award.

So a big ‘well done,’ goes out to Rebecca Hunt for Mr Chartwell and Ned Beauman for Boxer, Beetle, on getting nominated. You can read more about the award here, especially interesting if you were ever curious as to the meaning of the phrase ‘Modernist Self-flagellation.’ A phrase that Ned seeks to explain.

Funnily enough, both authors will be coming to the store In October so look out for more details on that.

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Leviathan by Philip Hoare

Friday, August 20th, 2010

Just started reading this. Should be good.

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How Good is Jonathan Franzen?

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Author of the brilliant literary/generational soap-opera The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen is the first writer of his generation to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. His new novel, Freedom is out late Sept and there’s a good discussion going on here about Franzen finding his place as the Great White Narcissist Writer of his post Roth/Bellow/Updike era.

There’s no point summarising a perfectly good article by William Skidelsky in this week’s Observer (found here) with the exception of drawing on his final stand-out graphic relating to ‘Franzen’s Peers.’ Here it is….

Is this right? Who would you put on the cover of Time Magazine?



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Got Got – NEEED. Swaps?

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Not all of the Booker nominees have been released yet but we’ll be getting them all in as soon as they become available.

Personally, i’m rooting for Tom McCarthy and David Mitchell.

Click for the full list.

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The (Pages of Hackney) Booker Longlist: The Year Of The Usual Suspects????

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

It seems to have been a strange year so I reckon that there will be some surprises but here are my guesses for Tuesday’s longlist:

The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell

Beatrice & Virgil by Yann Martel

Parrot and Oliver in America by Peter Carey

The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis

Solar by Ian McEwan

Even the Dogs by Jon McGregor

Boxer, Beetle by Ned Beauman

Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell

Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay (not sure if this is eligible)

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It’s Independent Booksellers Week

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

Click on the image to find out what this means for both Indie bookshops and their customers. If you figure it out then please let me know.

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Book Club: The Sea by John Banville. Monday 28th June.

Friday, June 18th, 2010

If you would like to join the Pages of Hackney Book Group then please email eleanor@pagesofhackney.co.uk.

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Barbara Kingsolver Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction. On ‘Characters.’

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

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