http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog reviews of new fiction and features about reading Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:27:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/where-do-ebooks-go-when-you-die/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/where-do-ebooks-go-when-you-die/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:31:40 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=634 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/where-do-ebooks-go-when-you-die/feed/ 10 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/new-website-indiebooks-to-sell-titles-from-independent-publishers/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/new-website-indiebooks-to-sell-titles-from-independent-publishers/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:53:32 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=625 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/new-website-indiebooks-to-sell-titles-from-independent-publishers/feed/ 9 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-hypocrisy-of-power-an-interview-with-charles-lambert/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-hypocrisy-of-power-an-interview-with-charles-lambert/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:25:57 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=620 Little Monsters and story collection The Scent of Cinnamon both met with critical acclaim. His new novel, Any Human Face is a thriller. The Fiction Desk interviewed him about his writing and the inspiration he finds in Italy's political corruption.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-hypocrisy-of-power-an-interview-with-charles-lambert/feed/ 2 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-return-of-the-bookseller-publisher/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-return-of-the-bookseller-publisher/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:43 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=613 Seven Lives of John Murray, Humphrey Carpenter's history of that publishing house, raises the question of whether independent publishers and booksellers might benefit from teaming up... or even being one and the same?]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-return-of-the-bookseller-publisher/feed/ 10 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/are-book-blogs-and-novellas-made-for-each-other/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/are-book-blogs-and-novellas-made-for-each-other/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:58:07 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=599 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/are-book-blogs-and-novellas-made-for-each-other/feed/ 20 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-red-wheelbarrow-profile-of-a-paris-bookshop/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-red-wheelbarrow-profile-of-a-paris-bookshop/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:33:31 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=591 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-red-wheelbarrow-profile-of-a-paris-bookshop/feed/ 10 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/why-large-publisher-websites-dont-work/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/why-large-publisher-websites-dont-work/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:45:30 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=583 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/why-large-publisher-websites-dont-work/feed/ 3 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-booker-prize-longlist-2009/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-booker-prize-longlist-2009/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:25 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=572 blog roundup, I thought I'd take another crack at a look at what bloggers have said so far about the Booker longlist.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-booker-prize-longlist-2009/feed/ 19 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/stop-discounting-before-discounting-stops-publishing/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/stop-discounting-before-discounting-stops-publishing/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:14:50 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=571 shouldn't have been published. At least, not in their current state.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/stop-discounting-before-discounting-stops-publishing/feed/ 17 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/remembering-rebel-inc-classics/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/remembering-rebel-inc-classics/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 10:33:46 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=194 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/remembering-rebel-inc-classics/feed/ 8 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/golden-book-hotel-association-free-books-in-italian-hotels/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/golden-book-hotel-association-free-books-in-italian-hotels/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 11:32:42 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=531 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/golden-book-hotel-association-free-books-in-italian-hotels/feed/ 4 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-to-not-read-a-book-brothers-by-yu-hua/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-to-not-read-a-book-brothers-by-yu-hua/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 08:15:09 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=538 2666, I decided to investigate Brothers, by Chinese author Yu Hua... and I've been "investigating" it ever since.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-to-not-read-a-book-brothers-by-yu-hua/feed/ 21 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/armed-services-editions/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/armed-services-editions/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 09:28:23 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/armed-services-editions/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/armed-services-editions/feed/ 3 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/television-for-book-lovers/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/television-for-book-lovers/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 12:40:58 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=532 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/television-for-book-lovers/feed/ 9 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-penguin-magnum-collection/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-penguin-magnum-collection/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 10:02:53 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=507 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-penguin-magnum-collection/feed/ 2 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-will-dan-brown-the-lost-symbol-affect-the-travel-industry/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-will-dan-brown-the-lost-symbol-affect-the-travel-industry/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 11:22:51 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=484 The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown's upcoming follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/how-will-dan-brown-the-lost-symbol-affect-the-travel-industry/feed/ 19 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-and-c-auguste-dupin/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-and-c-auguste-dupin/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:40:10 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=369 The Murders in the Rue Morgue.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-murders-in-the-rue-morgue-and-c-auguste-dupin/feed/ 4 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sherlock-holmes-monster-of-the-week/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sherlock-holmes-monster-of-the-week/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:54:15 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=195 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sherlock-holmes-monster-of-the-week/feed/ 0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ten-ways-to-improve-your-writing-for-free/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ten-ways-to-improve-your-writing-for-free/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:15:00 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=283 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ten-ways-to-improve-your-writing-for-free/feed/ 6 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/scrivener-review-software-for-writers/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/scrivener-review-software-for-writers/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:00:37 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=203 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/scrivener-review-software-for-writers/feed/ 5