Compulsive Reader Newsletter November

 

The November Compulsive Reader newsletter has just gone out and is making its way to inboxes around the world right now.  This month we have double the usual number of reviews and interviews (trying to get on top of the backlog) and a whole bunch of exciting global literary news including such things as the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Cundill History Prize, the Nobel Prize, the Giller Prize, the Wallace Stevens Award, the Patrick White, and the National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose to name just a few. Of course we all have our monthly giveaways. If you haven't gotten it, want to check it out, or can't wait, visit: the online archive.  To sign up, visit: http://www.compulsivereader.com. 

Compulsive Reader Newsletter March

The March Compulsive Reader Newsletter is now on its way to inboxes around the world.  This month features a new interview with Kin's Marina Kamenev along with a bunch of reviews of books such as Notorious in Nashville by Phyllis Gobbell, Stephen Davenport's Ninety-Day Wonder, Rambles by Beatriz Copello, An Unshared Secret and Other Stories by Ketaki Datta, and Ask Me About the Future by Rebecca Jessen to name just a few. We also have two new competitions, a big February news round-up, and loads more.  If you can't wait for it to arrive (please whitelist my email address so I don't end up in your spam!), you can view it in your browser.  To sign up for free just visit http://www.compulsivereader.com 

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CR Newsletter for Feb is out!

The February Compulsive Reader newsletter has now gone out. This month's issue has a range of new reviews including Morning Will Come by Billy Lombardo, The Other Life by Patrick Connors, Rain Violent by Ann Spiers, A Girl Should Be by Ruth Latta and many others, as well as an interview with Joel Agee, author of The Stone World. We also have another terrific giveaway and a full literary news roundup that includes the Gotham Prize, the Portico Prize for Literature, the Indie Book Awards and many others.  If you are a subscriber it's on its way.  If you want to check it out or can't wait, you can view it in your browser now. To subscribe for free or read any of the reviews, visit: http://www.compulsivereader.com.  Happy reading! 

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Compulsive Reader Newsletter for January

Hello readers and happy new year!  The January Compulsive Reader Newsletter has now been fully delivered and contains the usual 10 fresh pieces including an overview of the Wollongong Writers Festival, Earthly Remains by Donna Leon, These Wild Houses by Omar Sakr, A Jarful of Moonlight by Nazanin Mirsadeghi, and lots more, as well as a great new giveaway (we had a surprise extra give-away last month and that may happen again sometime...), and the round-up of literary news, prizes and events.
If you haven’t received your copy, you can check it out in the public archive here: Compulsive Reader Jan Newsletter

New Compulsive Reader newsletter out for April

A new Compulsive Reader newsletter has just gone out.  If you haven’t received your copy, you can get one directly from our online archive.

The April issue is double the usual size with twice the usual number of reviews, two giveaways, two interviews, and more news than usual as well.  I normally try to keep the reviews to 10, but we had so many this month (including one rather novel one - see if you can work out which), and so much interesting literary news from around the world, including the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Story prize, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, and the Man Booker Longlist, that I couldn’t resist.  I’ll try to control myself better in future.

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New Compulsive Reader newsletter is out

Hello everyone, the Compulsive Reader newsletter for Feb has now gone out and should arrive in your inbox soon if it’s not there already.  This month we have a set of 10 new reviews including So Much Smoke by Felix Calvino, To the Dogs by Roberta Gould, Ain’t U Got No Manners by Kristin Johnson, The Wrong Dog by David Elliot Cohen and a whole lot more, as well as a sweep of January’s literary news including the Australian Indies, Pen America literary and Poetry Society of America’s Frost Medal (Yay Susan Howe) to name a few. There’s also another great giveaway for subscribers.  If you’ve missed it or can’t wait for the mail, just grab a copy here:
Compulsive Reader Newsletter Archive

If you aren’t a subscriber and want to subscribe for free, just drop by Compulsive Reader and sign up.  Oh, and don’t forget to enter my Goodreads Giveaway for an autographed copy of Unmaking Atoms. You can enter right here on the blog - just below “About Me” on the right hand side.

Compulsive Reader Newsletter for Dec is out

The December Compulsive Reader newsletter has now been full distributed and if you’re a subscriber, a copy should have already arrived in the inbox.  If for some reason you haven’t gotten it, or are still considering whether to subscribe, you can check it out in the  Compulsive Reader archive.

The newsletter features the usual round-up of literary news, ten fresh reviews, new author interviews, and another great book giveaway.  If you aren’t a subscriber and would like to be, just drop by http://www.compulsivereader.com and sign up - it’s easy!


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New CR Newsletter is out

Hello fellow book lovers.  Just a quick note to say that the Compulsive Reader newsletter for November is now out.  This month’s issue contains, as usual, 10 fresh reviews including the latest Ishiguro, a bevy of fantastic new books, several literary films, and an interview. We’ve also provided our usual extensive overview of literary news around the world and 3 book giveaways.  If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, you can grab one here:
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Compulsive Reader news for July is out and about

I’m happy to report that the Compulsive Reader newsletter for July has now gone out and should already be in your in-box. This month’s edition features a new set of 10 reviews including Lucy Dougan’s The Guardians, April Bloomfield’s A Girl and Her Greens, Rebecca Makei’s Music for Wartime, Flash Fiction International, Beth Spencer’s Vagabondage, Graham Stull’s The Hydra, Raymond L Atkin’s Sweetwater Blues, along with interviews with Judy Reeves, Nuala  O’Connor, Phil Harvey.  There’s also tons of literary news from around the world, and four new book giveaways, including Kundara’s latest The Festival of Insignificance, a pretty little hardcover book which I’ve got in my hot hands at this very moment.  If, for some reason, your spam filter has eaten it, you can grab a copy online here: The Compulsive Reader News. If you aren’t already a subscriber, just drop by The Compulsive Reader and sign up for free. We only send out one newsletter a month so you won’t be inundated.  You also won’t want to miss our podcasted interview with Beth Spencer, who reads from Vagabondage, and talks about the book, and her year on the road.  You can listen to at the site or at the podcast here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/compulsivereader. 

Compulsive Reader Newsletter

Hello all you fine readers. I've been a little snowed under at the moment, but just a quickie to let you know that if you don't subscribe to The Compulsive Reader's Newsletter, you've just missed our November newsletter featuring three (yes 3) separate book giveaways, ten fresh reviews, a roundup of literary news including the latest on the Man Booker, the Forward Prize for poetry, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Scotiabank Giller, and lots more.  If you would like to remedy this situation just let your fingers walk you over to: http://www.compulsivereader.com/ and sign up for free on the front page. If you are already a subscriber, watch your mailbox for the latest issue which has just been dispatched.