In an effort to post something that's not Booker Prize-related, I'll point you towards this list of the "Top 25 Librarian Bloggers." It's got four metrics, an explanation methodology... there's probably more, but I dozed off at that point.I have to wonder if there aren't only about 30 librarian bloggers out there. How else do … Continue reading File Under "Geek"
Author: Anders
Booker Prize Roundup: The Gathering
Among this years Man Booker Prize shortlist, Anne Enright's novel The Gathering can be summed up as The Irish One. But hers is not a land filled with alcoholic fathers and penny whistles. "Anne Enright, born in Dublin in 1962, gives us an Irish fiction that leads out of tradition into something zestily new," says … Continue reading Booker Prize Roundup: The Gathering
Booker Prize Roundup: Darkmans
Nicola Barker's novel Darklands is set in the town of Ashford in Kent, where the town's citizens are beset by the apparition of John Scogin, Edward IV’s court jester. Over several days and 840 pages, Scogin prompts each of the main characters to his or her own special madness. One rolls in the muddy seashore; … Continue reading Booker Prize Roundup: Darkmans
Musings from Magers and Quinn 