Books and Media

my book reviews - ramblings of a pathologically eclectic generalist
a film diary - with brief comments and the occasional review
Australian bookshops and publishers
rec.arts.books.reviews - book reviews on Usenet
Reading Notes - including Harry Potter criticism.

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Links and News

D'Aulaires' and Atticus - Greek myths for children [my review]

vale Brian Aldiss - Guardian

how Gaiman and Pratchett came to write Good Omens - BBC

a nice-looking new Ramayana version for children - Scroll - TimesOfIndia

How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation - Outwitting History [my review]

Greek mythology for children - OxfordBlog

Australia gets a month-long Studio Ghibli showcase - Broadsheet

four short novels for children - Otfried Preussler [my review]

John Le Carre on learning German - Guardian

short stories by Korean women - The Future of Silence + Wayfarer [my review]

a history of Santorini's fantastic Atlantis Books - VanityFair

obituary for ex-Spanish novelist Juan Goytisolo - Guardian

(For more, see my blog Pathologically Polymathic or the latest book reviews.)

Other Resources

I don't really follow the publishing industry, or the latest in book gossip - I prefer to wait till five or ten years after a book's publication, when the fuss has died down a little and a longer-term perspective is available. If you're after book news I recommend the Complete Review's Literary Saloon, which also has links to other literary weblogs.