Tag Archives: Christos Tsiolkas

Top Ten Books of the Year

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Ho ho ho, etc. Here are my favourite books of 2014. I haven’t written too much about them here, as the book covers below link to my reviews that either appeared in The Independent on Sunday or The Big Issue … Continue reading →

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My Big Issue reviews of Christos Tsiolkas and Pamela Erens

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, here is my Big Issue column reviewing Barracuda (Atlantic) by Christos Tsiolkas (Atlantic) and The Virgins (John Murray) by Pamela Erens. Both fine in their own, very different ways.

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My interview with Christos Tsiolkas

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I had the good fortune to meet up with terrific Aussie author Christos Tsiolkas last weekend while he was in Edinburgh for an event. I was interviewing him for the Independent on Sunday, mostly about his new novel Barracuda. He … Continue reading →

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Short books are better than long books, or are they?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Doug Johnstone

Aye so, I wrote something over on the Faber blog The Thought Fox about how short books are better than long books. I stand by that, of course, but needless to say, for the purposes of getting the rise out … Continue reading →

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My Top Ten Books of 2011

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Doug Johnstone

OK, so I’ve read shitloads of books this year. Here are my favourites. In order. A couple of things I noticed on compiling this list: – Only 3 or 4 would be considered ‘literary’ fiction, the rest are crime, mostly … Continue reading →

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