Tag Archives: Penguin
Interviews
Interview with James Bradley: The Penguin Book of the Ocean
‘To understand the ocean, to glimpse its meaning is, in other words, to understand ourselves, and by extension our place in the larger order of things.’ So muses James Bradley in the introduction to The Penguin Book of the Ocean, an anthology edited by Bradley and published … Read more
News
Kill Your Darlings Culture Club podcast: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Beautiful and Damned
There’s nothing we like better here at Kill Your Darlings than a book club – you get to drink wine and eat cheese. Not to mention the potential discovery of this plot turn and that character, or even a new favourite book. We’re excited to announce the … Read more
Interviews
“Things with multiple intense senses”: An interview with Shane Jones, author of Light Boxes
Shane Jones’ Light Boxes is difficult to describe well. It’s a tiny book – 167 pages – that begins with the name ‘Thaddeus’ in font so large – perhaps 36 point – that it breaks onto another line. Thaddeus describes a scene in his town; he’s watching … Read more
Books
War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times by Linda Polman [review]
War Games: The Story of Aid and War in Modern Times Linda Polman ISBN: 9780670918966 RRP: $32.95 First, a little story. In 1854 Florence Nightingale responded to a request from the British War office for volunteers to help care for sick and wounded soldiers from the Crimean … Read more
