Comments on: Book Blogs?

Question: Book Blogs?

SansPoint — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:03:30 -0800

What are some good blogs on literature?

I've recently turned my own blog into a blog on books and literature, but I'd like to find others. Sadly, google-fu has failed me. I found Bookslut and Bookninja, but everything else is either focused explicitly on the publishing industry, for posting fiction, for promoting new book releases, or just plain crap. What I'm looking for, optimally, is a blog with critical essays, book reviews, and maybe the occasional fiction or poetry piece. Does this exist?

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:14:14 -0800

I know the people that make it but I like The Inside Flap. It tends to go mainly towards reviews of new books. They also have author/publisher interviews and commentary on things going on in book-selling.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:17:02 -0800

I should have said, they mainly review new books that they like.

Do you read Papercuts, the NY Times book blog? It sometimes has really good stuff.

By: TheophileEscargot

TheophileEscargot — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:23:46 -0800

Arts and Letters is a good digest, though not exclusively about books.

London Review of Books is the online version of the journal.

By: Happy Dave

Happy Dave — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:31:30 -0800

I highly recommend Grumpy Old Bookman which has a nice mix of reviews, publishing news, wry commentary and lots and lots of links to other literary blogs.

By: craichead

craichead — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:48:19 -0800

I sometimes read Maud Newton, the Elegant Variation, and Laila Lalami. Check out Maud Newton's links page, too.

By: escabeche

escabeche — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:00:53 -0800

Harriet is the blog of the Poetry Foundation. It's about poetry.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:20:40 -0800

I generally like Ed Champion's blog.

By: mosk

mosk — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:28:56 -0800

I can recommend The Old Hag, a literary blog which (full disclosure) is written by my wife's cousin, who is certainly not an old hag herself.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:30:46 -0800

Conversational Reading

By: orange swan

orange swan — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:02:48 -0800

I'm going to be totally pushing and immodest and suggest my own blog, The Orange Swan Review. I haven't posted in a few months but will start again sooner or later and there is a reasonable archive of stuff.

By: barjo

barjo — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:08:54 -0800

Bookslut.

By: lukemeister

lukemeister — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:51:52 -0800

Here's a list of the top ten book blogs from the Guardian. Powell's book store has a pretty good blog.

By: kickerofelves

kickerofelves — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:14:00 -0800

I second Ed Champion's litblog, and his podcast, The Bat Segundo Show features interviews with mostly literary fiction authors.