John Baker’s Blog

 
I think it’s rather unfortunate that some of the coverage tries to pitch print reviewing against the new media. I think they complement each other very well.
Salman Rushdie

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Chances are that if you are a writer a little further down the food chain, but lucky enough to have an agent, they won’t be doing much for [...]

Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children has been banned in Malaysia. It joins Michel Houellebecq’s Atomised, Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues and a host of other texts which have been proscribed by:
… some barely literate little Napoleon - to borrow Pak Lah’s term - sitting behind a KDN desk in Johor Bahru, (who) has decided that the [...]

1. Why do you blog?
It’s a nice way to be reflective without having to think in the same terms one must think in when she writes creative nonfiction for publication.
2. Which author and/or book has most influenced you?
This is a tough one - there are so many! Joan Didion, Salman Rushdie, Barbara Lazear Ascher, and [...]

1. Why do you blog?
I started blogging as a fun way to keep friends and family informed of my activities (the good ones). Then I was told that the url was being forwarded hither and thither I became inspired to broaden my scope. At that point, I decided to blog about literature and [...]