“Chokepoint Capitalism” by Rebecca Gilrow and Cory Doctorow

19 02 , 2023 No Comments
Chokepoint Capitalism: How big tech and big content captured creative labour markets, and how we’ll win them back by Rebecca Giblon and Cory Doctorow (Scribe
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Katherine Rundell, “The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure”

15 02 , 2023 No Comments
Award-winning writer (children’s and adults), thrill-seeker and roof walker, Katherine Rundell, has published another extraordinary book, The Golden Mole ( Faber Books). It is incredibly
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Katherine Rundell, “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne”

15 02 , 2023 No Comments
[I wrote this commentary about Katherine Rundell’s Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne on Facebook, the night of the Baillie Gifford award. ] “Parnell and
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“The Competent Authority”

14 02 , 2023 No Comments
This is one of those days when truth is stranger than fiction, or is it? In 2013, the late Shovon Chowdhury published an extraordinary novel
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“Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street: A collection of recipes to share” by Felicita Sala

12 02 , 2023 No Comments
Lunch at Pomegrante Street: A collection of recipes to start, text and illustrations by Felicita Sala (Scribble Books, Scribe Publications). A stunning picture book that
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“A New History of India: From its origins to the twenty-first century” by Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobhita Punj and Toby Sinclair

12 02 , 2023 No Comments
. “A New History of India: From its origins to the twenty-first century” by noted historians Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobhita Punj and Toby Sinclair, published by
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“The Penguin Book of Hollywood” (Ed.) Christopher Silvester

11 02 , 2023 No Comments
“The Penguin Book of Hollywood”, edited by Christopher Silvester. First edition, 1998. I picked up this anthology at our church garden fete. It consists of
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Idra Novey, “Take What You need”

10 02 , 2023 No Comments
Idra Novey’s forthcoming novel Take What You Need . It been named as the most anticipated book of 2023 by Oprah Daily, Vulture, Today.com, Elle,
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Karnataka Library Network

09 02 , 2023 No Comments
@readingkafka on Twitter is a fascinating account on the state of libraries in India. Uma Mahadevan-Dasgupta is almost evangelical in her desire to disseminate information
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Salman Rushdie “Victory City”

09 02 , 2023 No Comments
This is utterly fascinating. Without letting on about the story, the fact that the list of acknowledgments is actually a bibliography in Salman Rushdie’s Victory
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