Australian LitBlog Snapshot #15 - Andrew Kelly

Andrew Kelly is the managing director at Black Dog Books. His weblog, Andrew Kelly, is described thus: "his is not a black dog books blog, but black dog will be a big part of it. The idea is that it's an opportunity to put down what I'm thinking about children's books, literature and the business of publishing."

1. How would you describe your weblog to someone who wasn't at all sure what this
blogging business is about?

It's like an online diary that I share with others to read.

2. Have there been any major changes in your weblog's direction, theme or subject since you started?

I haven't managed to blog as often as I would have like when I started.

3. Do you have more books in your house than you can possibly read? If so, why?

My eyes are bigger than my brain, And I can't resist buying books so I pretend to myself that I'll be able to read them.

4. If there were three things you'd like to include in your weblog if you had more time/money, what would they be?

Photos, graphics and video.

5. How would you eat an elephant?

I'd rather not. They're just too interesting. We're planning an elephant book so I've been looking at lots of pictures of elephants and the babies in particular are really sweet. But then when I think about it (which I don't) the concept of veal is really gross.

Currently Reading

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 The Tango Briefing by Adam Hall
The fifth of Adam Hall's Quiller series from 1973 and probably about his best. More physical than McCarry.

 

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 The Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry
McCarry's masterful spy thriller from 1974. Paul Christopher investigates the asssassination of John F Kennedy.

 

Recently Read

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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling
The seventh and last book in the series. You get this far and you have to finish it off.

 

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 Why She Loves Him by Wendy James
Short stories from the author of Out of the Silence and The Steele Diaries.

 

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Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride
Macbride's fifth DS McRae novel - hard to see it getting more gruesome than this.

 

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State of Emergency by Sam Fisher
Cinematic, high-tech, futuristic rescue fiction. This might have started its own genre.

 

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Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
A coming-of-age novel set in a small WA mining town in the 1960s. Ticks all the relevant boxes.

 

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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Chabon's homage to the adventure novel. Reminiscent of Moorcock and Leiber.

 

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Headlong by Susan Varga
When is life still worth living, or is it better to die with dignity?

 

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The Pages by Murray Bail
Bail's first novel since Eucalyptus, about an Outback genius philosopher - or is he? [Shortlisted for the 2009 Miles Franklin Award.]

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