30 November 2012
Simon is still getting glowing notices. The latest comes courtesy of the Little Reader Library:
The prose is absolutely beautiful, and there were so many times I paused to re-read a certain passage, to mark it in order that I could return to it.
We'll take that!
23 November 2012
The first in a series of guest posts on our site from other Indy publishers we love, explaining who they are, where they come from and what on earth they're doing. The following wonderful rant was written by Kevin Duffy, from Bluemoose Books up in Hebden Bridge. Over to Kevin:
20 November 2012
Another great review of The White Goddess: An Encounter:
In his foreword he apologises to anyone who may be hurt by the book, which is always a good sign.
16 November 2012
Simon's just had a rave review in the Times Literary Supplement, from Maureen Freely. A few highlights:
gorgeous, preposterous and captivating
handsome brick of a book
He is Thomas Mann-like in his ability to pull you in by slowing down, so that you do not just imagine yourself there, on the veranda, savouring every moment of conversation as the moon rises over the cliffs and terraces of Deya. There is acute social observation, and with it, social comedy, but never so much as to undo the enchantment.
8 November 2012
Soon you will actually be able to read the greatest book you have never read.
It's going to look like this:
We're excited.
4 November 2012
Simon Gough is not dead, and just had a letter published in The Guardian to prove it:
