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

Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World - Atlas of the Invisible [my review]

Hiro Arikawa - The Travelling Cat Chronicles [my review]

how much medieval literature was lost? - Scientific American

some historical background on Ukrainian literature - Atlantic

The Volcanoes of the Solar System - Fire and Ice [my review]

an exceptionally gentle novel, a quiet romance - Autumn Rounds [my review]

from family comedy to the politics of partition - Tomb of Sand [my review]

A History of a Land, Its Regions and Their Peoples - The Pursuit of Italy [my review]

a novel of Kyrgyz tradition and contemporary tensions - Manaschi [my review]

making Madame Bovary's wedding cake - TORCH - Paris Review

John Le Carre an Irishman - Guardian

translating the jokes and puns in Asterix - Scroll

(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.