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Tag Archives: the big issue
Lots of Big Issue book reviews
Totally behind with posting these AGAIN, but here you go: Here is my column reviewing Favel Parrett and Helle Helle. Here is my column reviewing Peter Carey and J Robert Lennon. And here is my column reviewing the wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged amy poehler, doug johnstone, Favel Parrett, Helle Helle, j robert lennon, James Robertson, peter carey, the big issue
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My Big Issue reviews of Nick Harkaway and Craig Robertson
Another column, another glorious illustration by Mitch Blunt. Oh aye, and my reviews in The Big Issue of Nick Harkaway’s Tigerman and Craig Robertson’s The Last Refuge. Both set on islands. Enjoy! Dx
A whole bunch of my reviews in The Big Issue are now online
I write a regular fortnightly book review/column thing in The Big Issue magazine, and a whole bunch of them are now online. Check em all out below: Sara Gran & Lisa O’Donnell James Robertson & Tao Lin Brian Aldiss & … Continue reading
Books I reviewed in September (and some I didn’t manage to)
Aye so, here’s the list (with links, where possible) to all the books I reviewed last month. The best of the bunch was undoubtedly Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, a strange and hypnotic thing, and definitely one of my books of … Continue reading
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Tagged A Possible Life, Attica Locke, Bloody Nasty People, David Trilling, Denis Johnson, doug johnstone, Henning Mankell, independent on sunday, JK Rowling, Kevin Powers, Lydia Cacho, Sebastian Faulks, Slavery Inc, the big issue, The Casual Vacancy, The Cutting Season, the herald, the scotsman, The Shadow Girls, The Vanishing Point, The Yellow Birds, Train Dreams, Val McDermid
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publishers and authors of ebooks (or just books) – get your book reviewed, maybe
Folks, one of the many journalism things I do is the weekly books round up for The Big Issue magazine. I also sometimes write the lead reviews and the book features. Anyway, I’m always on the lookout for great new … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, books, ebooks, publishers, reviews, the big issue
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Doug Johnstone 