Politics and the English Language
Inferno
Stoner
A Delicate Truth
Winter Journal
What's Cooking in Belgium
Standing in Another Man's Grave
The 500 Hidden Secrets of Brussels
A Clash of Kings: Book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire
A Feast for Crows : Book 4 of A Song of Ice and Fire
Seating Arrangements
Barney's Version
Presumed Innocent
Flight Behaviour
Jesus' Son
Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon
In One Person
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Ender's GameSterling comic: the winner
16 May 2013
Congratulations to Dieter, who wins our signed and hand-illustrated copy of 'Habibi' for his very charming tale of self-gifting with Sterling. Full picture below!
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Congratulations to Dieter, who wins our signed and hand-illustrated copy of 'Habibi' for his very charming tale of self-gifting with Sterling. Full picture below!
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Win! Free tickets to see Irvine Welsh!
10 May 2013Thanks to our pals at Bozar Centre For Fine Arts, we are offering 5 lucky winners the chance to hear Irvine Welsh read from his work and answer questions about his cutting edge novels!
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20% off our bestselling DK and Rough Guides
29 April 2013
If you saw me building sandcastles in the window this week, rest assured I hadn't just snapped and reverted to childhood.
I was promoting this summer's travel offer: 20% off our bestselling DK and Rough Guides!
See all the sandy masterpieces up close -- including the certain new tourist attraction known simply as Sandwaffle / Zandwafel / Gaufre de Sable -- after the jump.
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If you saw me building sandcastles in the window this week, rest assured I hadn't just snapped and reverted to childhood.
I was promoting this summer's travel offer: 20% off our bestselling DK and Rough Guides!
See all the sandy masterpieces up close -- including the certain new tourist attraction known simply as Sandwaffle / Zandwafel / Gaufre de Sable -- after the jump.
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Win: a signed and hand-illustrated copy of 'Habibi'
29 March 2013
UPDATE: Congratulations to our winner, Dieter!
The grand prize of Comics Month is very special indeed. We have a signed copy of 'Habibi', Craig Thompson's beautiful, critically-lauded epic, with a unique hand-drawn illustration by the author. Your friends, gasping in astonishment, will be all, "Where on earth did you get this?", and you can be all, "Oh this? Me and Craig go way back." See it closer up below.
A prize this special requires a special competition, and this one is pretty fun. Draw something about Sterling. Don't worry if you're not an artist -- it can be anything from a single drawing scrawled in Microsoft Paint upwards. Just entertain us the most and this amazing collector's item is yours.
Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Habibi competition". Good luck!
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UPDATE: Congratulations to our winner, Dieter!
The grand prize of Comics Month is very special indeed. We have a signed copy of 'Habibi', Craig Thompson's beautiful, critically-lauded epic, with a unique hand-drawn illustration by the author. Your friends, gasping in astonishment, will be all, "Where on earth did you get this?", and you can be all, "Oh this? Me and Craig go way back." See it closer up below.
A prize this special requires a special competition, and this one is pretty fun. Draw something about Sterling. Don't worry if you're not an artist -- it can be anything from a single drawing scrawled in Microsoft Paint upwards. Just entertain us the most and this amazing collector's item is yours.
Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Habibi competition". Good luck!
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Win: Posy Simmonds' 'Mrs Weber's Omnibus'
25 March 2013
Giveaway number two of Comics Month is the gorgeous 'Mrs Weber's Omnibus' by cartooning legend Posy Simmonds.
To win it, tell us why you love the author in twenty words or less. Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Posy competition". We'll pick the winner on Wednesday 27 March. Best of luck!
Giveaway number two of Comics Month is the gorgeous 'Mrs Weber's Omnibus' by cartooning legend Posy Simmonds.
To win it, tell us why you love the author in twenty words or less. Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Posy competition". We'll pick the winner on Wednesday 27 March. Best of luck!
Jerusalem: the winner
20 March 2013
Thanks to everyone who sent reviews of graphic novels to win Guy Delisle's 'Jerusalem'. We're delighted to announce our winner is Robert Davidson for his review of Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'. A close second was Dieter Van Houcke's review of 'The Nao of Brown', which you can read below.
Congratulations Robert, the book is yours!
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Robert Davidson
Not many graphic novels come along that combine the political foresight and awareness of Orwell, the insidious anxiety of Philip K. Dick, and the sublime beauty of an accomplished comic book artist such as Frank Miller. However, not many graphic novels indulge and involve you as much as Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'.
This graphic novel, Moore's first individual effort, is nothing short of a revelation to the uninitiated. Gone are the familiar bugbears that non-readers assume litter every page of graphic novels and in its place is a main character with the stature of Don Quixote and all the disruption as well. Cartoon rivalries are absent in this book and in lieu is a sinister and despondent urban sprawl which depicts London post-nuclear fallout. As our narrator V slowly draws you into this world, that of a totalitarian state fraught with tension in every word, you see the immensity and lucidity of the landscape Moore has created inside his head and which illustrator David Lloyd has thankfully translated for us.
However, the real allure of this graphic novel lies beneath the dark, bleeding slashes of red and black that lather each scene. The true beauty of this graphic novel is the concentration on the individual amid this collapsing world. As Moore will become more renowned for in his later output, his real genius is exhibited in his deftness at creating characters that are both real and understandable but who have a uniqueness that has never preceded them. We watch V as he distorts Evey’s reality through a series of upsetting torture scenes where he guides her to true enlightenment, to true freedom.
And it’s this, the cathartic finding of truth that leaves a harrowing impression on either a first time reader or a lifelong fan. A feeling so strong that it compels you to recommend it to everyone you know and that makes you know that regardless of all the people you tell, no-one will have a more true relationship with this graphic novel than you. It’s this blending of a complete and unique world and the minutest of detail involved in crafting the individual that makes this such a compelling tale that with its anarchic undertones will see it being read and re-read for some decades to come.
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Thanks to everyone who sent reviews of graphic novels to win Guy Delisle's 'Jerusalem'. We're delighted to announce our winner is Robert Davidson for his review of Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'. A close second was Dieter Van Houcke's review of 'The Nao of Brown', which you can read below.
Congratulations Robert, the book is yours!
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Robert Davidson
Not many graphic novels come along that combine the political foresight and awareness of Orwell, the insidious anxiety of Philip K. Dick, and the sublime beauty of an accomplished comic book artist such as Frank Miller. However, not many graphic novels indulge and involve you as much as Alan Moore's 'V for Vendetta'.
This graphic novel, Moore's first individual effort, is nothing short of a revelation to the uninitiated. Gone are the familiar bugbears that non-readers assume litter every page of graphic novels and in its place is a main character with the stature of Don Quixote and all the disruption as well. Cartoon rivalries are absent in this book and in lieu is a sinister and despondent urban sprawl which depicts London post-nuclear fallout. As our narrator V slowly draws you into this world, that of a totalitarian state fraught with tension in every word, you see the immensity and lucidity of the landscape Moore has created inside his head and which illustrator David Lloyd has thankfully translated for us.
However, the real allure of this graphic novel lies beneath the dark, bleeding slashes of red and black that lather each scene. The true beauty of this graphic novel is the concentration on the individual amid this collapsing world. As Moore will become more renowned for in his later output, his real genius is exhibited in his deftness at creating characters that are both real and understandable but who have a uniqueness that has never preceded them. We watch V as he distorts Evey’s reality through a series of upsetting torture scenes where he guides her to true enlightenment, to true freedom.
And it’s this, the cathartic finding of truth that leaves a harrowing impression on either a first time reader or a lifelong fan. A feeling so strong that it compels you to recommend it to everyone you know and that makes you know that regardless of all the people you tell, no-one will have a more true relationship with this graphic novel than you. It’s this blending of a complete and unique world and the minutest of detail involved in crafting the individual that makes this such a compelling tale that with its anarchic undertones will see it being read and re-read for some decades to come.
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Write us a review and win Guy Delisle's 'Jerusalem'
14 March 2013
Our first giveaway of Comics Month is 'Jerusalem', the latest acclaimed graphic travelogue by the master, Guy Delisle.
To win it, write us a short review of a comic or graphic novel. It can be a recent read or an all-time favourite; just share your thoughts, why you love it or what it means to you, at any length from around 100 to 500 words (but we won't be strict).
Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Delisle competition". We'll publish a selection of the best and pick a winner on Wednesday 20 March. Good luck!
Our first giveaway of Comics Month is 'Jerusalem', the latest acclaimed graphic travelogue by the master, Guy Delisle.
To win it, write us a short review of a comic or graphic novel. It can be a recent read or an all-time favourite; just share your thoughts, why you love it or what it means to you, at any length from around 100 to 500 words (but we won't be strict).
Email it to info@sterlingbooks.be with the subject "Delisle competition". We'll publish a selection of the best and pick a winner on Wednesday 20 March. Good luck!
Comics Month: the display
13 March 2013
Our resident artist bravely battled the cold to paint the window for this year's comic extravaganza!
All through March we're highlighting our amazing selection of graphic novels, and you'll find the newest and most exciting in our display downstairs.
See all the pictures after the jump.
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Our resident artist bravely battled the cold to paint the window for this year's comic extravaganza!
All through March we're highlighting our amazing selection of graphic novels, and you'll find the newest and most exciting in our display downstairs.
See all the pictures after the jump.
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me
Ellen Forney
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Beta Testing the Apocalypse
Tom Kaczynski
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The Hive
Charles Burns
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Grandville: Bête Noire
Bryan Talbot
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New York Drawings
Adrian Tomine
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Building Stories
Chris Ware
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Drawn Together
Robert & Aline Crumb
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Mrs Weber's Omnibus
Posy Simmonds
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Journalism
Joe Sacco
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Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City
Guy Delisle
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Are You My Mother?
Alison Bechdel
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Goliath
Tom Gauld
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The Death-Ray
Daniel Clowes
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Habibi
Craig Thompson
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Hark! A Vagrant
Kate Beaton
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