Literary Blog Links - a resource page
There are a huge amount of literary related resources online, and this page is our humble attempt to put together a useful list of links to lit blogs, magazines, publishing houses etc. If you have a link that you think fits here, feel free to send it on to us here.
Author Sites/Blogs
- Ice Moon Blog
The blog of Irish novelist and poet (and Three Monkeys contributor!) William Wall - Jonathan Lethem
Official site for Jonathan Lethem - does he need any introduction? - Laila Lalami (formerly the Moorish Girl blog)
Blog from Laila Lalami, author of ‘hope and other dangerous pursuits’ and the forthcoming ‘the secret son’ - Margaret Atwood
We’re not crazy about the pop-up window, but this is the official Margaret Atwood site - Neil Gaiman’s Journal
Perhaps the most succesful author blog around, Gaiman is leading the way in showing what an author blog can and should be - The Elegant Variation
Long running and widely-read literary blog run by Mark Sarvas, author of Harry Revised
Blogroll
- Atlantic Books
Useful website, and new blog from Atlantic books (publishers of - amongst others - the 2008 booker winning novel White Tiger)
Lit blogs
- Asylum
Lengthy posts on great books, by blogger John Self. Highly recommended - Booklit
Subtitles a literary handout, booklit is brilliantly laid out, eclectic and a pleasure to read - Daniel Hahn’s Translation blog
An interesting project, where translator Daniel Hahn blog’s about translating Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa’s novel Estação das Chuvas - Jabberwock
Not strictly speaking a lit blog, as it posts on film and indian culture as well, but Jai Arjun Singh’s postings and literary reviews are intelligent and well worth recommmending - Lizzy’s Literary Life
Down to earth and engaging, with an impressive rate of posts - The Literary Saloon
Intelligent, opinionated and thorough, the Literary Saloon is of particular interest to those of us looking to learn about non-English or American literature. - This Space
Much more than simply a book review blog, Stephen Mitchelmore’s This Space is opinionated, clever, and useful
Literary Podcasts
- CBC Writers and Company
Great author interviews from CBC journalist Eleanor Wachtel - Guardian books podcast
Includes author readings, interviews, and - a feature we particularly like here at this blog - retrospectives where authors discuss their landmark works (for example, Ian Banks discussing ‘The Wasp Factory’). - KCRW Bookworm
Michael Silverblatt’s excellent show based around author interviews - Librivox
An interesting idea - librivox volunteers record readings of books in the public domain, podcasts of which are then posted freely. Their motto is ‘acoustical liberation of books in the public domain’ - fair play. - Off the Shelf
Excellent in-depth review program from Irish broadcaster RTE - focusses on one/two titles a week, with a slight bias towards the non-fiction - The Bat Segundo Show
Not limited to the literary, the Bat Segundo show has a very impressive archive
Publishers
- Canongate
Meet at the Gate is an interesting website - the online presence of Canongate - with ambitions to become a cultural meeting-place. Well worth checking out - Faber & Faber
Revamped website from Faber, one of our favourite publishers - Fifth Estate (harper collins/ fourth estate)
The fifth estate website is leading the way in what a publisher website can be - acting for harper collins/ fourth estate the blog has regular interesting postings and links - Serpent’s Tail
Latest news from the cutting-edge publisher
TMO Blogs
- Our Man in Gdańsk
‘H.Grodsk’ comments on life in Poland - The Monkeys’ Tunes
A blog dedicated to discussing songs, TMO writers post regularly on a wide range of music. It’s an online version of that moment when a mate hands you his/her i-pod saying ‘you have to hear this!’ - The View from Bologna
Notes on Italian politics and society from TMO’s correspondent in Bologna
