FiveBooks Newsletter 38

21 Mar 2011 • 3 min read

FiveBooks News

Dear FiveBooks Readers,

This week on FiveBooks, we brought you interviews with Andrew Cowan (Senior
Lecturer in Creative Writing at UEA), Steve Crawshaw (director of
international advocacy for Amnesty International), and eminent religious
historian Diarmaid McCulloch; we also featured Oxford chemist Peter Atkins,
child psychologist Tanya Byron, and NPR host Guy Raz. You’ll find their
recommended titles at the links below.

[1]Andrew Cowan on Creative Writing
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-cowan-on-creative-writing

_Monday, March 14th_
The Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at UEA says that Joseph Conrad got
it right when he said that the sitting down is all. Here he chooses five
books to help aspiring writers [2]Continue Reading…
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-cowan-on-creative-writing

[3]Peter Atkins on the Emergence of Understanding
Links:
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-atkins-on-emergence-understanding

_Tuesday, March 15th_
British chemist and prominent atheist discusses why he thinks science is the
only way to make sense of the world [4]Continue Reading…
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-atkins-on-emergence-understanding

[5]Steve Crawshaw on Human Rights
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steve-crawshaw-on-human-rights

_Wednesday, March 16th_
Amnesty International’s director of international advocacy chooses books
that illuminate historical and contemporary human rights issues, from the
Belgian Congo to Iran [6]Continue Reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steve-crawshaw-on-human-rights

[7]Tanya Byron on Child Psychology and Mental Health
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tanya-byron-on-child-psychology-and-mental-health

_Thursday, March 17th_
Clinical psychologist, author and broadcaster discusses the stigmas attached
to mental health problems, and asks whether, as a society, we are really
doing what's best for our children [8]Continue Reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tanya-byron-on-child-psychology-and-mental-health

[9]Diarmaid MacCulloch on the History of Christianity
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diarmaid-macculloch-on-history-christianity

_Friday, March 18th_
Distinguished historian of religion discourses on five works that explain
the birth and development of Christianity around the world, from Bede to
Baghdad [10]Continue Reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diarmaid-macculloch-on-history-christianity

[11]Guy Raz on Essential Reading for Reporters
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/guy-raz-on-essential-reading-reporters

_Saturday, March 19th_
NPR host and former foreign correspondent offers practical and anecdotal
guidance on reporting the news. Says, "I don’t buy this idea that there was
a golden age in journalism" [12]Continue Reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/guy-raz-on-essential-reading-reporters

Lastly, we hope you’ll enjoy today’s interview with acclaimed British
screenwriter [13]Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplays for, among
other films, _24 Hour Party People_ and _A Cock and Bull Story_. He explains
why he thinks the secret of making good films is to "look outward".
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/frank-cottrell-boyce-on-movie-business

Yours,

The FiveBooks team at TheBrowser

[14]Radiation Dose Chart
Links:
14. http://b.rw/hrPvOr

Randall Munroe | XKCD | 20 March 2011

Comparing the radiation you could be absorbing from all sorts of sources.
Reassuring and worrying at the same time. You get more from a chest CT scan
than you would from spending a day near the stricken reactors at Fukushima

Current Topic

[15]Russia and the FSU
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/topics/russia

From the war in Chechnya to the murky depths of the KGB archive. Everything
you need to know (well, nearly everything) about Russia's past and
present [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/topics/russia

Book of the Week

[17]Letters to a Young Contrarian
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/letters-young-contrarian-by-christopher-hitchens

-by Christopher Hitchens -
[18]Guy Raz says: “I don’t think there is a better journalist than Hitchens
writing in English, nobody more compelling. I certainly don’t agree with him
a lot of the time, but you can’t but be in awe of the way he can build an
argument.”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/guy-raz-on-essential-reading-reporters

[19]More recommendations…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks

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