This week, we’re breaking down our decision to enhance the quality of the site, by moving to a fortnightly publishing schedule. Find out why, with some bonus Shakespeare quotes to explain this decision.
It is winter, in the southern hemisphere at least. For us it was a frantic summer (check out our reviews of The Bell, The Turn of the Screw, and Pride and Prejudice if you don’t believe us). Winter promises to bring just the same, in terms of the amount of quality content we’re putting out: books we’re finding and reviews we’re publishing.
Last year, we put out 13 reviews of books we found and loved. This year, we’ve put out 10 already - and we’re only in June! Here are a couple of our favourites:
Patrick Stewart’s stellar autobiography, Making It So
Richard Matheson’s devilishly readable I am Legend
Azar Nafisi’s brave Reading Lolita in Tehran
Ann Tyler’s cosily familial Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
However, all this reading comes at a cost. It leaves less time for writing, and perhaps more importantly - less time for considering what we’ve read. For every book that makes it on to the site, there are several that don’t. This is a not insignificant burden for what (generally) is a one-man-band operation.
As we’ve said before, we are aiming to write quality content, in the style of our inspirations - the London Review of Books and the Australian Book Review. This just isn’t possible to do, and maintain our (in retrospect, highly ambitious) once-a-week publishing schedule.
In frankness, doing that was making writing for the site more of an ordeal than something to be relished. And that was the opposite of the aim of the site.
We want to bring quality finds to you - so you can gauge whether you want to read them yourselves. We also want to bring quality analysis - to really add some value to the work. So whether you’re reading for pleasure, or a book club, you might get some extra insight in reading what we have to say.
Expect the same trenchant reviews going forward. Expect more finds and discoveries. Expect the same high quality posting you’ve come to expect from us. And expect it fortnightly. By reducing the frequency, we truly believe we can up the quality. And you, naturally, can be the judge of that.
Until next fortnight, happy reading!
If you can’t wait that long to get some Latent Book Club insights, check out our archive.
Patrick Stewart’s stellar autobiography, Making It So
Richard Matheson’s devilishly readable I am Legend
Azar Nafisi’s brave Reading Lolita in Tehran
Ann Tyler’s cosily familial Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Jane Austen’s incomparable Pride and Prejudice
Iris Murdoch’s triangular The Bell
Henry James’ Gothic Horror Classic, The Turn of The Screw
Or see of our full range of literary criticism in our archive.
Check out our long form poetry analysis:
Or read our entire back catalouge in our poetry archive.
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