The novels of Laos
A glance at my website will show that I am interested in reading and promoting the novels from smaller countries. I have, for example, Burundi, the Faroe Islands and Niue,…
Leningrad
The latest review on my website is of Sarah Quigley's The Conductor, set in Leningrad during the siege of that city by the Germans. Though I did not mention it…
Vanished Kingdoms, Small Countries
A cursory look at my website will show my interest in small countries, by which I mean not just nation-states that are small in size, such as the Caribbean and…
Adam Mars-Jones
Private Eye wittingly refers to him as Adam Mars Bar. Whether this is just a feeble pun on his name or some reference to the alleged Mars Bar scandal, I…
Kindle issues Part 2
In a previous post, I mentioned a couple of issues I had with the Kindle. On my holiday in New Zealand, I did have one issue with the Kindle. Not…
Andrew Chubb
One the pleasures on our holiday in New Zealand was meeting lots of nice people, such as the people in the bookshops mentioned in the previous post. One other very…
New Zealand
I haven't posted for a while as I have been on holiday to New Zealand. See obligatory pictures of Milford Sound and a kaka bird below. The purpose of the…