Hwee Miang has read ‘Murder of a Garden Pest’ by Ann Ripley
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations New York : St. Martins Press, 1996. Call No.: RIP [MY] Click here for item availability. If you enjoy stories with a murder thrown in, and if you happen to love gardening, this is a book for you. Louise, an accidental amateur sleuth and homemaker, finds herself a suspect...
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Elizabeth Jolley 1923-2007
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets> British-born Australian author Elizabeth Jolley passed away on 13 February 2007 in a Perth nursing home. She was 83. Elizabeth Jolley only had a first book published when she was 53 as she found difficulty in getting publishers to print her works. Since that first book, she has...
Sargunan has read “Fire In The Belly: On Being A Man” by Sam Keen
New York: Bantaqm Books, c1991 Call No.: English 305.32 KEE Click here for item availability. Sargunan writes: Keen meanders through the ideas of what it was being a man in the ages before the world began a rush towards the women’s movement, globalisation and more peaceful resolutions than wars which pretty much changed the ideology...
Who’s Hannibal?
What better way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon than to hang out at the library to talk about serial killers/evil geniuses? Free posters and free books up for grabs, chianti and fava beans not provided ;p Who’s Hannibal? A journey into the psyche of a villian Date: 25 February 2007 (Sunday) Time: 3.00pm –...
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Who is Britain’s Greatest Living Novelist?
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Well, at the moment, my favourite is Ian McEwan. When the Guardian last week revealed that Martin Amis was to become professor of creative writing at Manchester University, it lapsed into a dangerous piece of journalistic shorthand: “Amis, who is often described as Britain’s greatest living author ....
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“Poetry Makes Nothing Happen”
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets Yesterday was WH Auden‘s centenary – you know the guy whose poem, ‘Funeral Blues’, was read in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral. For more information about Auden, you can read: The Guardian – Poet of the Century The Auden Society The Independent – The Scourge of...
Happy New Year!
Well, the header says it all. Here’s wishing you a good year ahead from all of us at High Browse! Anybody intending to read or finish a book by this CNY period? I’m hoping to start on Zoe Heller’s Notes on on a Scandal. Take care, and we’ll see you when the long weekend’s over....
‘Ju-On’ by Kei Ohishi
FICTION . HORROR Milwaukie, Or. : DH Press, 2006. Call No.: OIS -[MO] Click here for item availability. Husbands, if you suspect your wives of adultery, it may be a good idea to verify whether this is true; lest you beat up and torture her to death with a box cutter and she comes back...
Heartlands Book Club will discuss ‘Norwegian Wood’ by Haruki Murakami
HAPPENIN’ . programmes + events London: Harvill Press, c2000. Call No.: MUR Click here and here for item availability. About the book For February’s book discussion, Heartlands Book Club has chosen to discuss Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, which sold 4 million copies when first published and launched the author as a pop-icon. A coming-of-age...
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Who’s Reading What
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets What are the most borrowed books in British public libraries – my guess would be romances… Top 10 Most Borrowed Authors 1996-06 1 Catherine Cookson 25 million loans 2 Danielle Steel 18 million loans 3 R L Stine 18 million loans 4 Josephine Cox 15 million loans 5...
zeroTWOhero has read “Out” by Natsuo Kirino
WHO’S READING WHAT . reader’s recommendations Tokyo; New York: Kodansha International, c2003, c1997 Call No.: English KIR Click here for item availability. [HBeditor: Well, this book was the subject of discussion for the Heartlands Book Club at BBCL in October 2005 and was previously reviewed by a NLB staff here.] Four very different friends working...
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HBO acquires rights to George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Fire & Ice” series
HB Squad ALERT! . gossip + snippets I’m a fan of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of fire & Ice” Fantasy series, so when I read the news from none other than the author’s blog, I had to share this immediately on High Browse Online. From Variety.com (16 Jan ’07): HBO has acquired the...
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