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Waving

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Charles Lambert

I’ve been shamefully absent from here for far too long. 2015 was an exciting, exhausting year, of ports and presentations, of steps forward and stumbles back, of births and, sadly, deaths, of reading new writers and returning to old ones, … Continue reading →

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The Children’s Home

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Charles Lambert

I’ve been sitting on this for an uncomfortably long time (imagine a cushion filled with walnuts), but the news is finally official. Nan Graham and John Glynn at Scribner have just bought the North American rights to a new novel … Continue reading →

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Recording and retail opportunities

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Charles Lambert

Just back from two days in London, where I recorded the audio book of With a Zero at its Heart. This is something I’ve never wanted to do with any other book of mine, and would have refused if I’d … Continue reading →

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One morning.

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Charles Lambert

Some time ago I was asked by the Italian Institute of Germanic Studies in Rome to contribute a story to an issue of their review dedicated to Kafka and edited by Giorgio Manacorda. The issue has now been published and … Continue reading →

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Occasioni di Morte

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Charles Lambert

And while I’m here, some news for those of you who read Italian, or would like to, or know people who do. The View from the Tower, the first in my trilogy of novels examining the darker side of Rome, … Continue reading →

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Update, and news of a giveaway

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Charles Lambert

I’m sorry to have been away from here so long – I’ve been horribly busy with writing and non-writing stuff these past few months -, but I’m back with news that I hope will make up for my absence. The … Continue reading →

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Burial Rites, by Hannah Kent

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Charles Lambert

I recently reviewed this book for Trip Fiction. The review begins: “Fiction can provide us with the chance to travel in time as well as in space, on a double trip as it were, and Hannah Kent’s first novel, Burial Rites, … Continue reading →

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The View from the Tower

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Charles Lambert

The View from the Tower is now available for pre-order on Amazon UK and US, and should soon be arriving, I hope, at a bookseller’s near you. (If it isn’t, make a fuss!) It’s always odd, and exciting, to see … Continue reading →

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A few days in Prague

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Charles Lambert

The woods around Prague are in full autumn splendour right now, the whole range of colours from rose madder to white-gold. The taxi whips us past them; when the tree-cover breaks, we catch glimpses of the city in the distance, … Continue reading →

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Two weeks in Portugal

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Charles Lambert

Sometimes a holiday is more than just a getting away; it can also be a getting back, in every sense. Last year, in South Africa, above and around the uncomplicated joy of visiting a new place and loving the stimulus … Continue reading →

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