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18 Mar 2010
A fight club for children was set up in Los Angeles.
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17 Mar 2010
Irish author's contribution recognised with lifetime achievement award.
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17 Mar 2010
Andy McNab's anonymity has pros and cons.
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16 Mar 2010
John Simpson has revealed that his views on proper journalism are the key point of his latest book.
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16 Mar 2010
Solider-turned-author Andy McNab has spoken out in support of the Tories
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16 Mar 2010
Jane Costello's The Nearly-Weds has won a top genre award
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15 Mar 2010
World Book Day was celebrated across Wokingham last week.
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15 Mar 2010
Madhur Jaffrey will publish her first cookery book in seven years.
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15 Mar 2010
This year's Best Translated Book award has gone to Gail Hareven's The Confessions of Noa Weber.
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12 Mar 2010
Robert Dessaix has received support from Australian authors after being stopped from entering China.
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12 Mar 2010
Penny Rudge wrote her first book at a restaurant in Bradford because that is the only place her newborn would sleep.
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11 Mar 2010
This year's Oxford Literary Festival will feature a talk by Hilary Mantel.
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11 Mar 2010
Assaf Gavron didn't have to wait long before penning his latest book.
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10 Mar 2010
On-tour epiphany inspired Lisa See's Shanghai Girls.
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10 Mar 2010
Mary Hoffman among authors involved in Bloomsbury writing initiative.
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10 Mar 2010
Adrian Mole author pleads for more people to donate kidneys.
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09 Mar 2010
Tess Daly's debut book is struggling for sales.
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08 Mar 2010
The home of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle could be redeveloped.
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08 Mar 2010
Michael Lewis "admires" Sandra Bullock.
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08 Mar 2010
Michael Lewis "admires" Sandra Bullock.
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month |
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Land of Ghosts
E V Seymour
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Paul Tallis returns this time to bring back an old friend it is feared has turned rogue agent. However, things are never that straight forward for Tallis...
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City-Pick: Dublin
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Get a feel for Dublin with this wonderful book full of short pieces and extracts about one of the best cities in the world. Whether you are...
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Relics of the Dead
Ariana Franklin
March 2010 Book of the Month.
This is the third in a seriously good medical crime series starring a feisty heroine, anatomist Adelia Aguilar. The first (a must read), Mistress of the...
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Pretty Bad Things
C.J. Skuse
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
Although not the target audience for this debut novel, Pretty Bad Things arrived on my desk at about the time the Catcher in...
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This month's 'featured books'
Literary / Contemporary |
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The Suicide Club
Rhys Thomas
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
My favourite first novel of the month. A raw, compelling slice of teenage angst taken to the limits. It tells of the ‘new boy’ influencing a bunch...
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Black Rock
Amanda Smyth
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
As colourful as the country of which she writes, Trinidad and Tobago; as lusty as her protagonist, Celia, a girl who cannot see how she attracts men...
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
A bestseller in Italy this book won the Italian equivalent of the Man Booker Prize and it is easy to see why. Beautiful prose and a haunting story about loss, love, growing up and finding yourself, make for a mesmerising...
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This month's 'featured books'
Guest Editor - Susan Fletcher |
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Corrag
Susan Fletcher
April 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
A sweeping historical drama based around the massacre of the MacDonald clan in 1692 and told from the perspective of a young girl, now imprisoned, accused of being a witch. Rich in historical detail and wonderfully...
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Oystercatchers
Susan Fletcher
From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread First novel award comes a beautifully written novel about love, about trust, loss and loneliness with a profound darkness at its core. The story unfolds at the bedside of a girl in a...
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Eve Green
Susan Fletcher
Reviewed on Richard and Judy on 6th July 2005 and voted most enjoyable book by viewers.This was, in my mind, the surprise winner of the Whitbread First Novel award. I had got my money on Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan...
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Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier
After the death of her mother, Mary Yellan goes to live with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss Merlyn at Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor. The isolation and wildness of the moor are so intertwined with the plotlines of fear,...
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month - Lisa Gardner |
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Gone
Lisa Gardner
A gripping read which keeps you guessing for most of the book. It is the story of a hunt for a missing woman and child, with red-herrings galore. Pierce Quincy, a retired FBI profiler and who has featured in previous...
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Lisa Gardner
I have been reading this American thriller writer for some years, watching her books get better and better and knowing that a truly excellent one would come … well, here it is, her best yet. A mass grave of six...
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The Neighbour
Lisa Gardner
A riveting book that I found hard to put down. A young mother disappears in a novel that explores how physical and sexual abuse can have a devastating effect on future relationships and how we protect ourselves from past memories....
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Alone
Lisa Gardner
For 300-some pages, Gardner will keep youspellbound—not just by her plot but by the beautifully realized character of Massachusetts police sniper Bobby Dodge. A twisted, effective psychological thriller. Comparison: Tami Hoag.Similar this month: Jeff Abbott,...
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This month's 'featured books'
'new gen' fiction for teens |
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Pretty Bad Things
C.J. Skuse
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
Although not the target audience for this debut novel, Pretty Bad Things arrived on my desk at about the time the Catcher in...
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Carrie Ryan
July 2009 Debut of the Month.
This is a quite remarkable and moving debut novel that has was causing waves well before it was published. The author has crafted a powerful and, at...
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The Immortals - Blue Moon
Alyson Noel
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
A second story about Ever, a girl whose special powers mean she can read auras. Still in love with Damen, despite the confusion around...
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The Facts of Life
Joanna Nadin
March 2010 'new gen' Book of the Month title.
In this, another brilliant installment of Rachel Riley’s hilarious diaries, join her in her no-nonsense, fact-based approach to life. Just when she thought she...
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This month's 'featured books'
Mystery - Thriller |
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Relics of the Dead
Ariana Franklin
March 2010 Book of the Month.
This is the third in a seriously good medical crime series starring a feisty heroine, anatomist Adelia Aguilar. The first (a must read), Mistress of the...
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Land of Ghosts
E V Seymour
March 2010 Book of the Month.
Paul Tallis returns this time to bring back an old friend it is feared has turned rogue agent. However, things are never that straight forward for Tallis...
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The Warning Bell
Tom Macaulay
A story of espionage, secrets, murder and danger as a son attempts to uncover his father’s wartime past in a small village in Brittany. A cracking thriller, with a historical flavour. Very good.
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The Edge
Chris Simms
Simms plunges DI Jon Spicer in to his most personal case. When his brother is brutally murdered Spicer finds his investigations lead him to a tight knit Peak District community who seem to have plenty to hide. Simms is definitely...
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This month's 'featured books'
Debut Books |
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
March 2010 'new gen' Debut of the Month title.
Deeply moving, this is the touching story of two teenagers from very
different backgrounds whose friendship raises huge questions about what
concepts of home and family...
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Black Rock
Amanda Smyth
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
As colourful as the country of which she writes, Trinidad and Tobago; as lusty as her protagonist, Celia, a girl who cannot see how she attracts men...
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The Suicide Club
Rhys Thomas
March 2010 Debut of the Month.
My favourite first novel of the month. A raw, compelling slice of teenage angst taken to the limits. It tells of the ‘new boy’ influencing a bunch...
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This month's 'featured books'
Biography / Autobiography |
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Why Not Me? A Story of Love and Loss
Barbara Want
March 2010 Editor's Choice.
An incredibly moving account of a widow’s grief, this does not make for comfortable reading all of the time but it is a raw and honest account of the various stages that grief takes on and how...
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