October 2014 - Andrew Blackman

Reading

Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda

Peirene Press is known for publishing contemporary European literature in translation, but its latest offering takes us a little further afield, to Tripoli in…

Latest UK book stats

Came across some interesting stats on UK book sales in the latest issue of The Author magazine from the Society of Authors, and…

Reading⁴¹⁹
Thinking¹⁹⁵
Literary events⁶⁵
Living⁴¹
The writing process³⁵
On the Holloway Road³¹
Published work²²
A Virtual Love¹⁴
Travel¹³
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Daniel Nichols on The Sense of an Ending, explained: “Profuse apologies for reading this novel 14 years after it was published then looking for explanation. I got the bones…” Nov 14, 11:47
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in October 2026: “Oh, I definitely know how it is, Stefanie 🙂 I dread to think how long The Great Transformation had been…” Nov 9, 10:03
Andrew Blackman on Books I read in October 2026: “Ah, that’s interesting! It didn’t feel very scholarly at the time, but I see what you mean. Ovid wasn’t a…” Nov 9, 10:01
Andrew Blackman on Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami: “Hi Mark, Thanks very much for your comment. I do remember very brief moments of poignancy in the middle of…” Nov 9, 09:56
Stefanie on Books I read in October 2026: “Excellent October reading! I have The Outcast and Growth of the Soil on my perpetual TBR. Maybe I will get…” Nov 6, 20:34

Andrew Blackman

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Month: October 2014

Under the Tripoli Sky by Kamal Ben Hameda

Latest UK book stats

Reading⁴¹⁹

Thinking¹⁹⁵

Literary events⁶⁵

Living⁴¹

The writing process³⁵

On the Holloway Road³¹

Published work²²

A Virtual Love¹⁴

Travel¹³

Uncategorized⁷

Extract from Susan Sontag’s diary

Finding some inspiration

Monday morning inspiration

Liebster Award reloaded