NB by J. C.

A walk through the Times Literary Supplement

James Campbell

ISBN 9781800172883

FORMAT Paperback

RRP £15.99

‘the last unmissable proper diary column left in journalism’ SIMON JENKINS

PUBLICATION DATE 8th December 2022

SIZE 216 x 135mm, 320pp

TERRITORIES UK & Commonwealth excluding Canada

BIC CODE DSC Literary studies: poetry, DNF Literary Essays

Sales Points

• NB by J. C. is a varied and witty selection from the popular NB column which J. C. wrote in the TLS each week between 1997 and 2020

• NB was a diary column in which J. C. took an off-centre, off-beat look at literary life - not so much the glamorous literary world as the hidden corners

• The column acted as a “hygiene inspector”(Seamus Heaney’s words) and was quick to single out and praise cultural depth

• It was also irreverent and whimsical, puncturing pomposity, hypocrisy and cant in the literary world

• NB also occupied a self-created world, where literary prizes were given out for “incomprehensibility”, the year’s most unoriginal title, and the “All Must Have Prizes Prize”

About The Author

James Campbell was an editor for many years at the TLS, where he also wrote the paper’s NB column. His books include Invisible Country: A Journey through Scotland, Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin, This Is the Beat Generation, and, most recently, Just Go Down to the Road: A Memoir of Trouble and Travel. He lives in London.

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