Nothing planned until May 15 when I'm talking at the Turin Book Fair

A new work of non-fiction, "Teach Us To Sit Still", will appear in June 2010

An essay on Per Petterson, Carl Kraus and Gerbrand Bakker will shortly be appearing in the NYRB

"Semantic Polarities in the works of Thomas Hardy and D H Lawrence" will shortly be appearing in the Italian review Merope

"L’impasse de l’Enfant-Jésus: some remarks on Beckett’s bilingualism" will shortly be appearing in the Italian review Letteratura e Letterature.

"The Day is Coming", short story, to appear in the first issue of Little Star, New York

"Grey Matter of Words", an essay on language, narrative and the brain, to appear in the first issue of Little Star, New York

"The Education of 'John Coetzee'" NYRB, Feb 11, 2010

"Stop It and Act" an essay on Cesare Pavese, LRB, Feb 11, 2010

A new translation of Machiavelli's "The Prince" was published with Penguin Classics in July 2009

"In the Kangaroo's Pouch" an essay on Geoff Dyer, NYRB, July 16, 2009.

"After the Earthquake" an essay on Ignazio Silone, LRB, July 9, 2009

"Into the Stream", short memoir on kayaking and meditation, Iota, November 2009