Larkin

It's Whitsun weekend, so what better time to read The Whitsun Weddings - or better still, listen to Philip Larkin read it himself.

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=7108

Radio 4 book club nicks our ideas!

A brilliant idea. Listeners get to find out which book a writer will be talking about a month before the programme.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/06/radio_4_bookclub_the_history_o.html

Jennifer Egan - A visit from the Goon Squad

Here's a book that should be put on the next HN list for consideration.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/may/07/jennifer-egan-life-goon-squad?INTCMP=SRCH

EngLit

This article takes a look at one of our topics of conversation at last night's very enjoyable HobNob Literary Summit Meeting.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2007/sep/20/learningtohateliterature?INTCMP=SRCH

Memoirs of childhood

All these sound very readable. I dread the day that Kai learns to write and starts writing his memoirs! I'll never be able to show my face in public again!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/jun/01/caradoc-king-top-10-childhood-memoirs

McGregor on Yooftube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjPMUjX8Lc

Scotsman interview with Jon McGregor

http://living.scotsman.com/bookreviews/Interview-Jon-McGregor-Author.6028059.jp