A lot of books I'm mentioning this year seem either to be about Jane Austen or by Sylvia Townsend Warner... so it is appropriate that on...

I'm away this week, off up to Newcastle to give a conference paper, then to one of very my best friends' wedding in Worcester at the...

One day in, and the first book for A Century of Books is completed.  Truth be told, I read the first two-thirds in 2011, but spent this afte...

My laptop has arrived! And, what's more, it seems to be working. So I'm back regular blogging, but before I bring you up to speed ...