A book review site dedicated to short, sharp reads. Visit the Read in a Single Sitting website. Visit Read in a Single Sitting on Facebook.Tumblr (3.0; @readinasinglesitting)http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbb5cc664fd87d311c20625b5b284896/tumblr_mn6awduQdz1r6fk4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Event Summary: Carlos Ruiz Zafón in conversation at the Wheeler Centre</big></p><blockquote> <p> </p> <p>On Monday I popped along to the <a href="http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/carlos-ruiz-zafon/">Wheeler Centre</a>to see Barcelona-born, LA-based author Carlos…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/event-summary-carlos-ruiz-zafon-in-conversation-at-the-wheeler-centre/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/51028184416http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/51028184416Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:01 +1000booksbooks about booksCarlos Ruiz Zafoneventevent summaryFeaturesInterviewswheeler centre<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://danieldalton.me/post/50014080434/in-praise-of-creatavist">wordsbydan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/ba154470bc411443be091fb816a4e7fe/tumblr_inline_mmjd1e1x5v1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><strong>Creatavist is a digital publishing platform from the team that brought us long form non-fiction publisher/app <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/the-atavist/id408059276?mt=8" target="_blank">The Atavist</a>.</strong></p> <p>I managed to swing myself an invite to the Beta version, and last week I used the platform <a href="http://bit.ly/ddprfct" target="_blank">to publish a short story</a>.</p> <p>I’m not easily impressed (something to do with copious amounts of self-loathing) but I’ve been running round like a giddy schoolgirl all week telling everyone who will listen how great Creatavist is. Let me explain why.</p> <p>The platform allows content creators - writers, photographers, filmmakers - to easily publish multimedia stories for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/creatavist/id550642886?mt=8" target="_blank">apps</a>, ebooks, and the web.</p> <p><span>Their tagline is ‘</span>Storytelling without limits’ and after playing with the software for five minutes it’s easy to see why. Firstly, It’s simple to use.</p> <p>Secondly; the finished product looks pretty fucking spiffy.</p> <p><a href="http://danieldalton.me/post/50014080434/in-praise-of-creatavist">Read More</a></p> </blockquote>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/50538168380http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/50538168380Thu, 16 May 2013 10:31:14 +1000<a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/hipsters-irony-and-the-myth-of-sisyphus-by-albert-camus/">Hipsters, irony and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">Hipsters, irony and The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus</blockquote></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/50454556858http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/50454556858Wed, 15 May 2013 09:36:03 +1000camusphilosophysisyphusironyhipstersliterature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c6e6008ac1585c7a8d4e94e7e427608/tumblr_mmf2jg8Qe41r6fk4go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>On Sisyphus, Camus, knowledge and Chaim Potok’s In The Beginning</big></p> <blockquote> <p>Of late it seems that I am being haunted by intertextuality. Each book that I pick up seems to…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/on-sisyphus-camus-knowledge-and-chaim-potoks-in-the-beginning/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/49841389377http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/49841389377Tue, 07 May 2013 17:09:00 +1000camusliteraturebooksreadingchaim potokknowledge<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ea2e88b649579f0c555257db67ad1527/tumblr_mlqmy8A7qI1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Separating the author and the work: on Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita</big></p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/wp-content/uploads/Pnin-by-Vladimir-Nabokov.jpg"><br/></a></p> <p>Over the course of my last few reviews I’ve been considering the role of the author as narrator…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/separating-the-author-and-the-work-on-vladimir-nabokovs-lolita/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48744892684http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48744892684Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:30:07 +1000authorclassicidentityLiterarylolitanabokovvladimir nabokovwriting<a href="http://momentumbooks.com.au/blog/blog/podmentum-books-reviews-eff-off/">I'm on Podmentum, the podcast from Momentum Books</a>: <p><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">On this week’s Podmentum we talk to Steph Campisi from review site Read in a Single Sitting about reviews and book blogging, and we get to hear the audio debut of Koraly Dimitriadis‘ new poem, Fuck Off. You can find out more about Love and Fuck Poems by Koraly Dimitriadis here.</blockquote></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48332300063http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48332300063Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:29:33 +1000bookswritingpublishingliteraturefictionreading<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bf8161b00f1de76c8d4b5ea4075ef4e/tumblr_mlft5tpSUu1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Writers, writing and Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle</big></p> <blockquote> <p>When reading <a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/thoughts-on-love-among-the-chickens-by-pg-wodehouse/">PG Wodehouse’s </a><em><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/thoughts-on-love-among-the-chickens-by-pg-wodehouse/">Love Among the Chickens</a> </em>recently I was struck by the narrator’s…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/writers-writing-and-dodie-smiths-i-capture-the-castle/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48262800412http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48262800412Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:10:00 +1000dodie smithwritingwritersbooksyoung adultfictionliterature<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c641951c083b1a975627b43f869b741/tumblr_mlc7m7ycrK1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Thoughts on Love Among the Chickens by PG Wodehouse</big></p> <blockquote> <p>Love Among the Chickens is my first foray into the work of Wodehouse; and as a fairly early work,…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/thoughts-on-love-among-the-chickens-by-pg-wodehouse/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48108569701http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/48108569701Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:32:00 +1000wodehousehumourliteraturemodern classicchickensbookswritingbook review<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3b32016593a9dc2e896c5ddbc0aa5d5d/tumblr_ml2xh6yWsY1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Chance, fate and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being</big></p> <blockquote> <p><em>Einmal ist keinmal</em>.</p> <p><em>What happens but once might as well not have happened at all…</em></p> <p>The story that…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/chance-fate-and-milan-kunderas-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47687420692http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47687420692Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:15:00 +1000philosophyreadingbooksliteraturefictionmilan kundera<blockquote> <p>In Susan Hill’s <a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/book-review-a-change-for-the-better-by-susan-hill/"><em>A Change for the Better</em></a> Deirdre Fount finds herself traversing a path that is not the one she intended to venture down. Though she might have stumbled upon it of her own accord, her marathon trek along it is due to a mix of personal…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/a-change-for-the-better-on-reading-habits/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47526189779http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47526189779Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:36:00 +1000susan hillliteraturefictionbooksfate<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cebb6fc27addd80d0ed380f5270c7b6/tumblr_mkr7e1j80C1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Bookish links 5 Apr: rewriting from scratch, authors’ rights, writing the dark side & more!</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>RIASS stuff:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/book-review-a-change-for-the-better-by-susan-hill/">Book Review: A Change for the Better by Susan Hill</a> [rating:4/5]</p> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/guest-post-writing-family-by-kate-belle-2/">Guest Post: Balancing…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/bookish-links-5-apr-rewriting-from-scratch-authors-rights-writing-the-dark-side-more/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47143959761http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/47143959761Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:17:58 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/017b01af8d93ce46b84b5770d74c2bbe/tumblr_mknm00kOTp1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Book Review: A Change for the Better by Susan Hill</big></p><blockquote><p>I picked up Susan Hill’s <em>A Change for the Better</em>from the shelves of the Little Library, a literary…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/book-review-a-change-for-the-better-by-susan-hill/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46980787525http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46980787525Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:43:10 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5e418f84f7bc311f953fc79e7df6e84d/tumblr_mkkale7e181r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Review: My Happy Life by Lydia Millet</big></p><blockquote><p>I purchased Lydia Millet’s <em>My Happy Life </em>some years ago on the strength of her book <em>Oh Pure and…</em></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/review-my-happy-life-by-lydia-millet/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46828339819http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46828339819Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:44:01 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9aba27271d3d16454b9897eb6928b2d7/tumblr_mkb4waBNpT1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Review: Journey from Venice by Ruth Cracknell</big></p> <blockquote> <p>Venice is the only place in Italy I’ve been to–unless the countryside scudding along outside the…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/review-journey-from-venice-by-ruth-cracknell/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46406716297http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46406716297Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:02:00 +1100venicepenguinpenguin classicsbooksbook reviewfictionliteratureAustralian Literature<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e41428f2b8a70d37cf7097361644934/tumblr_mkb1d2vqdn1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Giveaway: The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen</big></p><blockquote><p>Hooray for free things! Bestselling author Jessica Sorensen has joined the Forever Romance list,…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/giveaway-the-secret-of-ella-and-micha-by-jessica-sorensen/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46403433419http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46403433419Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:46:13 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/11e225a27a189ca385bd73645220ec81/tumblr_mk8xmaUZDI1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Interview: Sandra Antonelli on advocating for older protagonists in romance fiction</big></p> <blockquote> <p>Local romance author Sandra Antonelli and I have been in touch over Twitter and through the site…</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/interview-sandra-antonelli-on-advocating-for-older-protagonists-in-romance-fiction/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46306181834http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46306181834Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:30:00 +1100aww2013romanceromance fictionfeminismageismbookswritingliterature<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cebb6fc27addd80d0ed380f5270c7b6/tumblr_mk6v4vF0YE1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Bookish links 25 March: book apps, stress metaphors, writing mentorships & more!</big></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>RIASS stuff:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/review-the-luck-factor-by-richard-wiseman/">Review: The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman</a></p> <p>Giveaway: <a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/giveaway-admission-by-jean-hanff-korelitz-2/"><em>Admission</em> by Jean Hanff Korelitz</a></p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/bookish-links-25-march-book-apps-stress-metaphors-writing-mentorships-more/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46205209135http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46205209135Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:41:00 +1100publishingbooksreadingliterature<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lifenpublishing.com/post/45923158550/publishing-salaries-a-poll">lifeinpublishing</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>the results are in!</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/be58be57ebf6be3a57f19c18fd0d7388/tumblr_inline_mjl3h531HJ1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><a href="http://lifenpublishing.com/post/45923158550/publishing-salaries-a-poll">Read More</a></p> </blockquote>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46055150050http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46055150050Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:28:09 +1100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6a14da8c52e25e016119ad4052b8dd83/tumblr_mk3myjDSHR1r6fk4go1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Review: The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman</big></p><blockquote><p>Six years ago I was out at a bar with a girlfriend. I was there under the guise of being her…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/review-the-luck-factor-by-richard-wiseman/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46053536999http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46053536999Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:51:51 +1100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9cebb6fc27addd80d0ed380f5270c7b6/tumblr_mk3ekqgCUM1r6fk4go1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Bookish links 23 March: film adaptations, bestsellerdom, fictional countries & more!</big></p><blockquote><p><strong>RIASS stuff:</strong></p> <p>Giveaway: <a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/giveaway-admission-by-jean-hanff-korelitz-2/"><em>Admission</em> by Jean Hanff Korelitz</a> (US only–sorry, international readers!)</p> <p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/friend-zoning-and-ivan-turgenevs-fathers-and-sons/">Fr…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/bookish-links-23-march-film-adaptations-bestsellerdom-fictional-countries-more/">View Post</a></p>http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46041491113http://readinasinglesitting.tumblr.com/post/46041491113Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:50:47 +1100