Archive for January, 2008

Kennedy takes Costa

Speaking of A.L. Kennedy, she’s won the Costa prize for her new novel, Day, which was at my door when I got home tonight.

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See A.L. Kennedy, confirm she’s not a homicidal maniac

I can’t make it to A.L. Kennedy’s 92nd Street Y event with Roddy Doyle tomorrow night — months ago I made plans to see my friend Mark’s first reading from his forthcoming novel — but if I could split in two the other me would be uptown.   Regular readers may remember how terrified and thrilled I was to meet . . .

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