New Kundera out

Posted on August 29, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

New book of essays out now, read all about it here

On Passion by Dorothy Porter

Posted on July 29, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

A gem that provides uniterrupted pleasure to read.

Here is an excerpt

New and noteworthy paperbacks

Posted on July 28, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

Some of them sound interesting

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072705065.html

July Newsletter is now out

Posted on July 21, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

Our July Newsletter is now out , the books reviewed and commented by our members are:

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson ( book of the month).

Tiger Tiger! or The Stars my Destination by Alfred Bester.

The Twin by Gerbrand Bakker (International Impac Dublin Award 2010).

What Becomes by A.L.Kennedy.

Poet’s Choice by Edward Hirsch.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Harp in the South by Ruth Parks.

Solar by Ian McEwan.

Would be great to hear your comments!

Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Prize for The Lacuna

Posted on July 21, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

Very happy about this, we loved this book. It’s reviewed in our January Newsletter

Orange Prize for The Lacuna

Noting to envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Posted on July 5, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick’s incisive look at daily life in North Korea, has won the $30,000 Samuel Johnson Prize, Britain’s most prestigious award for nonfiction books. The announcement was made Thursday in London.

This book is not what it seems (a love story). Although the writing is not wonderful the painstakingly assembled information about North Korea that it delivers makes it a good read. It’s hard to believe that people are living in those conditions when there’s absolutely no justification for it. For us in “the lucky country”, it’s a must read.

Read an excerpt here.

Listen to the author on The Bookshow

David Mitchell’s new novel

Posted on June 28, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

There is an excerpt of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet here and a review here. Both from the NY Times.

Christos Tsiolkas to Open Edinburgh Festival

Posted on June 18, 2010 by goldcoastbooklovers

The Australian writer Christos Tsiolkas, author of a controversial novel on race and class, The Slap, and the first Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature writer in residence, will be speaking on the opening day.