Author Archives: alanbgreen
Zoo City – Book Review
Stuart: A Life Backwards – Book Review
Into the Wild – Book Review
Writing Competitions – Booktrust List
While hunting down good reading websites for my day job I found that the nice people at the booktrust have a very useful list of UK writing competitions.
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/short-stories/prizes/
The rest of the site is also worth exploring. There is a writing section with author interviews, advice, and of course the above mentioned competition list. Most of the site is dedicated to reading, so have a look if you’re interested in reading suggestions, book news etc.
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers – Book Review
I’ve added a new book review to our collection.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers is a story of real life heroism in the face of a terrifying natural disaster, social collapse and government paranoia.
I’m sure you have read other books where the hero is struggling to do the right thing after society has collapsed around them. Read Zeitoun if you want to know what it was really like to live through an apocalypse.