Our Book Report

Monday, June 18, 2007

Arise Sir Salman Literary world applauds Rushdie knighthood
Esther Addley
The Guardian
16 Jun 2007

Salman Rushdie has amassed for himself a fair number of distinctions over the years, among them the Booker of Bookers prize, the Whitbread novel award (twice), the James Tait Black memorial prize, and a fatwa from the Ayatollah Khomeini calling for his... read more...

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

It’s all Greek to me

The Guardian
02 Jun 2007

As Athens braced itself to host the Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan last month, Greece’s second city was staging its own, alternative, cultural encounters. The Thessaloniki international book fair in northern Greece is thriving in... read more...