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Paul’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Paul’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Paul Fulcher’s Followers (2,049)
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Paul Fulcher
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February 2010
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https://www.goodreads.com/fulcherkim
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The Outsider
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Derivatives Markets: The New Regulatory Paradigm
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Paul Fulcher
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Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize 2026 for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language I'm writing something, I said. Again? Yes, again, and I'm making progress. You need that? Looks like it, I said. What ...more |
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The Mookse and the Gripes
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Shortlist
Carlos Manuel Álvarez, False War (Fitzcarraldo) translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer Dante Alighieri, Paradiso (New York Review of Boo ...more " |
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Thanks Sam
NB looking at previous posts worth noting that last year’s winner Ghost Cities does now have a UK publisher and will be Booker eligible. " |
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Paul Fulcher
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2026 Int Booker Winner - Taiwan Travelogue
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Interesting in the speeches that the translator said the US to UK publication gap was due to publishers, until And Other Stories, being unwilling to p
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My comment was a bit tongue in cheek - and it annoys me how Edf LinkedIn is now dominated by AI written posts with their unmistakable tone. If LLMs ca
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Paul Fulcher
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The Mookse and the Gripes
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2026 Int Booker Shortlist Discussion
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And yes two in two for Stefan Tobler and team - and also this wins the US/Uk double. Hopefully will inspire others to achieve a double. " |
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Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize Winner of 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature Surely Aoyama and Chi- chan would be tickled by this: a Taiwanese translator, while bringing the book to the ultimate colonial language of Englis ...more |
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He would meet anything personal with some demonstration of arcane knowledge or lyrical improvisation. It was always this way, no doubt it was his defence mechanism. I have previously read, in 2015, Ben Lerner's 10:04, and had expected never to revisit ...more |
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He would meet anything personal with some demonstration of arcane knowledge or lyrical improvisation. It was always this way, no doubt it was his defence mechanism. I have previously read, in 2015, Ben Lerner's 10:04, and had expected never to revisit ...more |
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“No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.”
― Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
― Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
“Reading is a vice which can replace all other vices or temporarily take their place in more intensely helping people live, it is a debauchery, a consuming addiction. No, I don’t take any drugs, I take books.”
― Malina
― Malina
“The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.”
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“We learn from history as much as a rabbit learns from an experiment that's performed upon it.”
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“Great American Novel” = ”doorstop of a book, usually pretentious, written by a man.”
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The Mookse and the Gripes
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Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
Newest Literary Fiction
— 1323 members
— last activity 3 hours, 38 min ago
Discover and share your discovery of the most recently published literary fiction. If you love reading novels before anyone else decides they are good ...more
21st Century Literature
— 3648 members
— last activity 22 hours, 21 min ago
We read literary fiction from 2000 to present, with the intent of finding those literary gems of timeless and enduring quality. We're less focused o ...more
Korean Literature
— 642 members
— last activity May 20, 2026 03:04PM
안녕하세요! Annyeonghaseyo! This is an open group where we discuss Korean literature, fiction and non-fiction from both South and North Korea. New members: ...more
The RAS Korean Literature Club
— 76 members
— last activity May 20, 2026 03:02PM
The R.A.S. Korean Literature Club is an English-language, in-person, Korean-literature-discussion group in Seoul. ※※※ NEXT MEETING! ※※※ Thursday, Ju ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying?
— 311 members
— last activity May 18, 2026 10:49AM
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more
Reading the 20th Century
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— last activity 2 hours, 5 min ago
Welcome to 'Reading the 20th Century', a friendly and inclusive group that explores and discusses the literature, history, culture and music of the ye ...more
NetGalley Readers
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This is a group for those who participate in NetGalley.com to discuss the books that they have been reading from the website, share helpful hints, and ...more
Seoul Book Club Hosted by Barry Welsh
— 363 members
— last activity Mar 14, 2026 02:17PM
This is a book club for discussing Korea-related books. Everyone is welcome.
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Hello Paul Fulcher. Thank you for accepting my request. I would love to message you but can't as you have an author profile. Would you mind messaging me first?From Tip
Hi. Am at TC right now secretly messaging you.
Paul.Sorry, I just love your name. One of my family is called paul!
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FAT HAMSTER!!! wrote: "Hi! Thanks for befriending me, as I am new!"Thank you Fat Hamster - although oddly you remind me of someone....
Hi! Thanks for befriending me, as I am new!
Hi Paul! You are an amazing Goodreads contributor! :DJust wanted to say that I'm having a hard time keeping up with your reviews, but they're really good!!!
Hello, Paul! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and will have a great weekend. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
Mark wrote: "That is the coolest thing. I expect a handsigned copy of the book tomorrow at lunch. Very well done."As long as you have a cheque for 100 quid! Quality literature doesn't come cheap!
That is the coolest thing. I expect a handsigned copy of the book tomorrow at lunch. Very well done.
Glad to be among the select few. Thank you for accepting the friend request.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year to you and your family!
Let your cherished dreams come true in 2019 :-)
Sahara Sanders