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Monday 13 October 2008

Dan Green, James Wood and others on Williams' Dostoyevsky

An interesting discussion is taking place over on The Reading Experience following Dan Green's provocative wee post about A.N. Wilson's review of Rowan William's new book on Dostoevsky. The discussion is marred by the aggressive and rude tone of many of the comments -- especially following James Wood's intervention. As is so often the case, the level of unmannerly boorishness exhibited by some commenters is in a direct, inverse relationship to them having anything useful, sophisticated or insightful to add to the thread.

Posted by Mark Thwaite
Tags: authors, blogosphere

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Monday 13 October 2008

Editor's Corner

Don't forget, if it is quiet here on ReadySteadyBook you will find me blogging (posting a couple of times a day sometimes) over on The Book Depository blog Editor's Corner (RSS).

Recent highlights over at The Book Depository include:

• an interview with a rather curmudgeonly Peter Ackroyd: "I have always been interested in the spiritual wealth of London, and have written about it on numerous occasions. I do not like the term psychogeography. I prefer to call it the territorial imperative, whereby a certain patch of ground – or street, or house – actively influences the behaviour and the character of the people who inhabit it."
• a free e-book of In Stitches by Dr Nick Edwards
• Andrew Motion on poetry's primitive attractions
• Financial meltdown? book list

Posted by Mark Thwaite
Tags: blogosphere, personal, the book depository

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