Posts Tagged ‘Jean Baird’
Book Publishing, Bookselling, George Bowering, and the new censorship
I read George Bowering’s latest book, Writing and Reading (New Star, Vancouver, 2019), in a single sitting, which was unique in my experience of reading him. Bowering can be demanding and occasionally hermetic, and therefore requires intense concentration. But Writing and Reading was like having a conversation with George at a…
Read More2012: The Booker Prize Project — Completed!
Jean Baird’s multi-year survey of the nominees and winners of the Booker Prize and her reflections on literary prizes is completed with her 2012 report.
Read More1976
Jean Baird posts 1976 in her Booker Prize Analysis
Read MoreBooker Prize, 1970
(An addendum appears at the end of this article) 1970 Jury: David Holloway, Dame Rebecca West, Lady Antonia Fraser, Ross Higgins, Richard Hoggart. Holloway is not the guy who played in the CFL. I assume he’s the critic. Fraser is Harold Pinter’s second wife and a detective novelist and historian. Higgins? No idea. The…
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