about me
- hi i m in my late thirties ,work supporting people with learning disablities in a large house helping them experience the community around them and acheiving there hopes and dreams and have done for the last twenty years ,married to my lovely wife amanda and dog owner of winston hence winstonsdad .I enjoy reading mainly world lit mainly in translation . Enjoy photography ,social networking on twitter ,facebook,arthouse films ,art galleries family time with my wife we enjoy visiting new places together .
- favourite writers – Will Self ,Gunter Grass ,Anthony Burgess ,W G Sebald ,Dan Rhodes,magnus mills ,yann martell ,camus ,rushdie ,somerset maugham ,bolano
- favourite films – wings of desire ,amelie ,lost in translation ,downfall ,hitchcock films,lynch films ,jarmusuch films
- favourite tv the wire ,due south ,poirot ,mad men ,tinker tailor soilder spy ,smileys people ,brideshead revisitied and most art shows
- favourite music – the smiths wedding present ,nick cave ,tom waits ,bob dylan ,james rhodes ,neil young ,sufjan stevens ,bon iver ,fleet foxes ,bellow head ,joy divison /new order ,tindersticks
- review policy mainly willing to review world lit , happy to review any books you may feel i d like to review -e mail me for postal address
- main love translated fiction so far as of oct 2010 reviews from 65 countries on the blog
- also happy to do interviews in and around translation
- my reviews are subjective i m not trained or qualified but love books and want to share my passion,I try to pass on my passion for translated fiction
- contact e mail winstonsdad@live.co.uk .
Apr 26, 2010 @ 02:35:34
Very cool blog you have, Winston’s Dad. I like you devotion to world lit. I will have to stop by more often.
Keep up the good work !
-m
Apr 26, 2010 @ 12:57:22
thanks ,yours is good to had a look will be adding you to my reader ,stu
Jul 14, 2010 @ 15:33:49
Like the look of your blog, loving the range of lit & a fellow care professional, with a book obsession, brilliant!!
Jul 15, 2010 @ 12:09:00
thanks parrish ,nice to meet you ,all the best stu
Sep 01, 2010 @ 07:42:20
Glad to stumble upon your blog and I have always been obsessed about reading World Lit and wonder how you manage to every single book from every country!
You got a great blog going here!
Sep 01, 2010 @ 16:28:33
many thanks Jov ,there is a lot on here alrea\dy think once get started reading and visiting sites like three percent etc you just find more and more to read
Sep 16, 2010 @ 19:50:36
Bon Iver! Excellent choice. Do you ever use Pandora? I made a Bon Iver radio station (so they play Bon Iver and music that sounds like Bon Iver) and it’s fabulous. Thanks for visiting Regular Rumination!
Sep 16, 2010 @ 19:59:52
not at moment ,but if I do I ll look for it ,sounds great ,all the best stu
Nov 15, 2010 @ 19:55:45
Like the idea of your blog and your favourite music! You might like my music blog too.
http://allaboutgreatmusic.wordpress.com
Jan 22, 2011 @ 17:02:27
Inspiringly nice blog – great books – I’ve jotted down some author names and titles to look for although I’m sure I’ll be back – You have some archives there I need to poke around in.
Jan 23, 2011 @ 03:13:48
Hey – just came across your blog, by clicking thru on your comment elsewhere somehow, and am intrigued! Good stuff — adding to my reading list now!
Jan 23, 2011 @ 20:55:05
Thanks for your comment ,love your blog to such vareity to it ,all the best stu
Oct 03, 2011 @ 09:26:35
Great idea for a blog. Found you through your review of Asa Larsson’s book – I have just reviewed it here for the Sisters in Crime bloggers challenge. http://crimepieces.wordpress.com/
May 16, 2012 @ 18:54:51
Hi there, Winston’s pa
have heard about this and you.
Today I published my book The Panic Ruminations, which is shot through with a broad East Anglian dialect – does that count as a World Book and would you review it for me?
All the best
Sophie