Lately, we’ve not followed any themes for picking our books, instead each of the group pitches one title of something they’d like to read or have read, then we pick one at random. Our October read turned out to be a suitably seasonal folk horror novel, so fulfilling another read for RIP XXI too. Now Read More
Tag: Hares
#NordicFINDS – Finland Week – a long-time Finnish best-seller
The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna Translated by Herbert Lomas, 1995 Apparently this slim volume first published in 1975 is a cult novel in France and has been translated into many languages including English, twenty years after publication. In Finland, it is much loved, and was Paasilinna’s personal favourite of his 36 novels. Read More
A new imprint from Head of Zeus and a lovely launch title for it…
The White Hare by Michael Fishwick Head of Zeus, not content with launching their Apollo imprint for reprints last year, have now launched another. Zephyr will be for children’s books and I’m delighted to be the penultimate stop on the blog tour for its launch title, The White Hare, a novel for 12+ by Michael Fishwick. It’s Read More