I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE...

I am thrilled that this is the first book we are going to read!

 The three of us, Ana, Paul and myself, hope you ENJOY reading it and that it makes you think about a lot of different issues. 

To whet your appetite, here is a series of links related to the book:

A podcast where Lionel Shriver discusses some aspects of the book and its story.

An article where Lionel Shriver (she's actually a woman, I was surprised!) discusses the difficulties she faced to get her book published.

A review. And here's the way it opens (which I love and it also provides a fair warning!): 

"If you are already a parent, this book will make you count your blessings but if you have yet to become one, beware…this book will scare the hell out of you and could quite possibly reduce your egg/sperm supply just by reading it"

GUARDIAN BOOKS PODCAST: Dracula's Literary Legacy

To mark the centenary of Bram Stoker's death, we joined a conference at Keats House in London's Hampstead where the great and the ghouls of vampire scholarship joined up for two days of talks.
Stoker's great-grandnephew Dacre Stoker and the scholar Elizabeth Miller introduced their new book based on the discovery of a set of journals written by Stoker in his early years.

Christopher Frayling explains why he regrets vampires becoming mainstream, and writers Kevin Jackson and Marcus Sedgewick exchange little-known vampire facts. We pay a visit to the columbarium at Golders Green Crematorium where Stoker's ashes are kept. Plus, we talk to the film critic and novelist Kim Newman about the reissue of his cult series Anno Dracula.

Go HERE to listen to the podcast.