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Recommended Reads: Einstein, His Life and Universe
By Siobhan Chapman. Walter Isaacson. Einstein, His Life and Universe. Simon & Schuster, 2007. Albert Einstein was an engaging and…
Neglected Books
One of the areas where The Reader magazine excels is in looking again at writing that would otherwise get lost…
V.S. Naipaul on Young People These Days
He's been everywhere the last week or so. V.S. Naipaul has a book to sell and he seems to think…
The Booker Prize: Those Readability Stats in Full
Over at One-Minute Book Reviews Janice Harayda has been having fun with Microsoft Word's readability stats feature. Sadly this amusing…
Reading and Readers Through the Ages
In celebrity and not-so-celebrity interviews in Sunday newspapers one of the most common questions is a variation on "what books…
Continung Education: Journey to the Centre of the Book
Amanda Boston writes to remind us of her Continuing Education course 'Journey to the Centre of the Book' which will…
Links We Liked for 21 September 2007
Here are some of our favourite articles and links from across the web in the last week or two: A…
Paul Muldoon: New Yorker Poetry Editor
The New York Times reports that the New Yorker magazine has appointed Irish poet Paul Muldoon as its poetry editor.…
Cold Pastoral: The Security of Nouns
An item on the radio this morning was discussing the security situation in Iraq and describing the ferocity and ruthlessness…
Reader Editor Guest Blogging
In the run-up to the publication of his book on Bernard Malamud Reader editor Philip Davis has been blogging for…
Sylvia Plath Reads ‘Daddy’
This astonishing short film in which Sylvia Plath reads her poem 'Daddy' comes as quite a surprise. Not only does…
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2007
The Reader is going to this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival to bring you news from the festival direct to this…
