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“Angel of Oblivion” by Maja Haderlap [Why This Book Should Win]

Between the announcement of the Best Translated Book Award longlists and the unveiling of the finalists, we will be covering all thirty-five titles in the Why This Book Should Win series. Enjoy learning about all the various titles selected by the fourteen fiction and poetry judges, and I hope you find a few to purchase and ...

Survey on the Connection between Blogs and Buying

Over at Literary License, Gwen Dawson has started an interesting survey to look at the influence of lit blogs on book purchasing. She’s going to post the results on February 13th, so you have plenty of time to a) take the survey and b) spread the word. I’m really interested in seeing how this turns out . . . ...

Dubravka Ugresic on the Internets

Over the past week or so, Dubravka’s book (Nobody’s Home) has been making its way around the internet, garnering some really nice praise along the way. First off, it received a great review (4 out of 5) by Gwen Dawson at the always excellent Literary License. And then yesterday, Douglas Rushkoff (whose ...