The thing about Proust is that it tends to stretch into the weekend hence why I have tried to do a lot of reading today and will do the same...

A really good day’s reading for a change. For the benefit of the librarian who said nothing happens in the book there has already been an in...

Following the launch of Sony’s Reader device to handle e-books it has to be said that it looks good (judging by pictures on the web). Of cou...

I am still posting reviews relating to stories of families torn apart by the Russian revolution, following last weeks reading of Nabokov’s S...

Despite it being a press day on the magazine I work for, meaning that it was hard work from morning till the close of business, I was determ...

My wife attended a session at my son's primary school yesterday on how to read with your children. Sadly I was work otherwise I would ha...

The world is a very small place and the circles that Marcel moves in are crossing with each other all the time with sometimes awkward result...

The other week I commented on a story about developments with roll-up screens and commented that things had gone a bit quiet on the e-book f...

Far be it for me to have a dig at the great Marcel Proust but somebody should have taken him in hand when it comes to his love life because ...

When most people think of Dr Zhivago they immediately think of the David Lean film and I should imagine think that it is pretty faithful to ...

Penguin really seems to be fixated on the idea that people who enjoy reading will only manage to get through four books a year. The publishe...

Back to the Proust this week and at the rate of pages read today easily right through the weekend no doubt. For those that don't remembe...

If things have gone according to plan then Santa usually brings an armful of books with him down the chimney when he visits this home for Ch...

Bearing in mind the turnmoil that Nabokov and his family faced running away from the revolution it seems apt to post some book reviews next ...

This is a slice of a portrait by Gutsav Klimt of a picture called Judith I, which was painted in 1901. I saw the picture in a gallery in Vie...