Happy 2020 everyone! Compulsive Reader is now in its 22nd year, which is a long time in Internet terms! For those of you who have been with us for a while - thank you - I appreciate your ongoing engagement and camaraderie! For new readers, welcome! This month we have a terrific round up of literary news including Waterstones Book of the Year, The Diagram Oddest Book Title, The Max Ritvo Poetry Prize and more, along with another dozen new reviews like The Girl in the Mirror by Jenny Blackford, The Weekend by Charlotte Wood, and Ivory Apples by Lisa Goldstein, as well as our podcast interview with Jenny Blackford, and Q&As with David Puretz, Douglas Cole and Sybil Baker. Of course we have giveaways too. If you’re a subscriber a copy is on its way to your inbox now. If not, sign up here: http://www.compulsivereader.com. You can also check it out at our online archive:
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Compulsive Reader News for Dec is out
The December Compulsive Reader Newsletter has gone out now and should be in your inbox now or very soon. This month we have interviews with Three Dollars’ Elliot Perlman, Arachne Press’ Cherry Potts, Emerald City’s Brian Birnbaum, The Frugal Book Promoter’s Carolyn Howard-Johnson (Carolyn and I are long time collaborators as well), Son of the Sea, Daughter of the Sun’s Marc Graham, and a bunch of new reviews including The Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, Creature by Rosalee Kiely, White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad, and plenty more, along with a round-up of literary news, and two fabulous new site giveaways. If you haven’t gotten yours yet, you can check it out here: View CR News in your browser
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