Penguin and Random House to merge
Publishing giants Penguin and Random House have announced plans to merge New publishers Penguin Random House will be the largest in the world.Photo by endlessjoel, used under Creative Commons license...
View ArticleTop Ten Winter Reads
Here at Read It Ribbit, we’ve definitely noticed the approach of winter in the last few weeks Perfect weather to curl up with a good book To some people the prospect of shivering, short days and...
View ArticleCosta Prize Shortlists 2012 revealed
The 2012 Costa Prize shortlists have been announced The five categories (Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book) include nods to double Booker winner Hilary Mantel and Benjamin Wood...
View ArticleReview: Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde
If anyone has cause to curse the appearance of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, it’s Jasper Fforde Although similarly named, Shades of Grey (and published almost three years ago in 2010) could not be...
View ArticleA very bookish Christmas
Is looking for that perfect Christmas gift for the book lover in your life leaving you tired and stressed ? Worry no more! As a special gift to our readers, we have trawled the furthest reaches of the...
View ArticleHappy 2013
It’s the start of a New Year and we’ve got lots of plans to make Read It Ribbit your favourite book blog this year But before we look forward, there’s still time to look back and remember our 2012 in...
View ArticleMantel wins Costa Prize 2012
Hilary Mantel has another award to add to her collection after Wolf Hall sequel Bring Up the Bodies was awarded the Costa Book of the Year Hilary Mantel has won the Costa Book of the Year Award –...
View ArticleApocalypse Cow – Michael Logan : Review
The joint winner of the inaugural Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now award, Apocalypse Cow delivers on blood, gore and laughter In a suburb of Glasgow, an unusual zombie terror has...
View ArticleAmazon buys Goodreads
Amazon are set to buy popular social media site Goodreads Digital bookshelves look set to expand as Amazon buys Goodreads A statement released last week by the online shopping giant revealed that a...
View ArticleGranta reveals latest Best Young British Writers
Once a decade, the Best of Young British Writers List is announced – Photo by Shorts and Long All eyes in the literary community have turned to the pages of Granta as the 2013 Best of Young British...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013
Summer is officially here: it’s time for Hay! The 26th annual Hay Literary Festival, two weeks of book filled fun in the Welsh border town of Hay-on-Wye, ended yesterday. From the 23 May to the 2 June...
View ArticleAM Homes wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
AM Homes has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel May We Be Forgiven Homes was competing against a particularly strong shortlist which also featured Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up...
View ArticleReview: Mr Fox – Helen Oyeyemi
St John Fox is torn between two women. Plenty of stories have been built around the same premise but few love triangles feature an imaginary woman. Oyeymi’s middle-aged writer Fox has recently been...
View ArticleAmazon buys Goodreads
Amazon are set to buy popular social media site Goodreads Digital bookshelves look set to expand as Amazon buys Goodreads A statement released last week by the online shopping giant revealed that a...
View ArticleAM Homes wins Women’s Prize for Fiction
AM Homes has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel May We Be Forgiven Homes was competing against a particularly strong shortlist which also featured Hilary Mantel’s Bring Up...
View ArticlePosting again
After a very long hiatus, I’m resurrecting this blog While I’ve been off blogging for work and working on some side projects, my reading habits (and as a result my book blogging habits) have paid the...
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