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Another of the four books that we’ll have stock of by the end of next month is Miles Marshall Lewis’s, about Sly Stone. If you’re interested in pre-ordering the book on Amazon, you can do so here. I can also highly recommend Miles’s first book (if you haven’t already read it), published by Akashic in […]

The next four books in the series are just about to go to the printers, and have also just appeared (in very basic form) on Amazon. So if you’re interested in pre-ordering Ben Sisario’s Pixies book, you can do so here. On an unrelated note, if you’re in the mood for an ever-so-slightly raunchy video,

It’s taken me a few weeks to get around to listening to the Light Footwork’s album One State Two State, and it’s pretty damn good. A couple of things: you can download their song “Coastlines are Landmines” here – it’ll give you a good idea of the album as a whole. And secondly, I’m amazed

There’s a mini-review of John Niven’s book in the UK’s Observer Music Monthly: Billed as ‘faction’, this fine novella tells the story of the making of the Band’s classic album Music from Big Pink through the eyes of an invented character, aspirant musician Greg Keltner. Dylan et al take cameos. As evocative as it is

Flagpole Magazine in Athens, GA has a good piece about Kim Cooper’s NMH book. Meanwhile, if you’re in the mood for some utterly inconsequential and delightful pirate-based reading, do check out the two “Pirates!” adventures by Gideon Defoe. The one about the whale contains this exchange: “So, Ahab,” said the Pirate Captain, trying to get

Only just spotted this, from last Saturday’s edition of the Times. Blog of the week, no less!

This type of thing doesn’t happen very often here at Continuum, so forgive my excitement. But it’s *awesome* to have Jonathan Coe’s Like a Fiery Elephant as a finalist in the Biography category for these awards. If you haven’t read it yet (and, looking at our hardcover sales figures, none of you have) then wait

Which would you like to read first? There’s one of the Springsteen book here, or one of the MC5 book here. Apologies if yesterday’s post caused a few heart tremors. We’ll be letting people know via email before announcing anything on here.

If you’re looking for some new reading material that’s smart, heartwarming, funny, inspired, and downright collectible, may I humbly recommend The Enthusiast? The phrase “a British McSweeneys” doesn’t do it justice – but if that concept whets or piques any part of your anatomy, you might want to take a look.