Debut books: the latest news
28 Sep 2010
Kim Duquemin pens new action adventure tale, The Source
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25 Aug 2010
Ex-judge pens comic tale - of the legal profession
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10 Aug 2010
Schoolboy, 15, secures publishing deal
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05 Aug 2010
Debut Novelist Set for Superstardom
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03 Aug 2010
Teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber to Publish Memoirs.
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02 Aug 2010
Who Said Fish and Chips are Unhealthy?
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04 Feb 2010
Faber secures the services of Stewart Lee.
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28 Jan 2010
British author hopes her novel can changes people's attitudes to climate change.
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21 Dec 2009
Advances for debut novelists are decreasing.
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16 Nov 2009
The hugely popular blogger Belle de Jour has revealed who she really is.
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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Black Heart Blue
Louisa Reid
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching. This debut tackles the horrors of domestic violence head on with beautiful writing and two amazing voices. Twin girls, one beautiful,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Dark, comic with captivating prose, this is a stunning first novel and quite rightly being talked about as one of the literary debuts of 2012. A seemingly...
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
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Heart-shaped Bruise
Tanya Byrne
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
This gripping, provoking and emotional debut, written from the perspective of a troubled young girl in a young offenders institute awaiting trial for a vicious crime, is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Playdate
Louise Millar
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
This gripping contemporary thriller will have you turning the pages, and re-evaluating people you call friends. How do you know whether it’s dangerous to leave your children...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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15 Seconds
Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month.
If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Killing Hour
Andrew Gross
The jaw-dropping unputdownable new novel from the guy who co-authored five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard. Now a bestselling novelist in his own right with hit thrillers The Blue Zone and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 14/04/2011
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Reckless
Andrew Gross
Hauck has left law enforcement for a job with a big-time private security firm. But he quickly learns that life in the private sector can be every bit as dangerous as wearing a badge - if not more so...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Don't Look Twice
Andrew Gross
A revenge killing. A dead public attorney. And a family caught in the cross-fire. For local detective Ty Hauck, life is good. A waterfront house, a new girlfriend and, after uncovering a Wall Street scandal, he's even a local hero....
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/05/2009
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This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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How to Think More About Sex
Alain de Botton, School of Life
The title may seem strange in our sex obsessed age but Alain de Botton is arguing that we don’t think too much about sex, we’re merely thinking about it in the wrong way. The author offers insights and ways to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Worry Less About Money
John Armstrong, School of Life
John Armstrong looks at our relationship with money, for most of us it’s too little, for a few it’s too much – but how much is enough, how do we relate to money, the spending and saving of it, can...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff, School of Life
On our own, can we make a difference? Of all six books, this was the one I was drawn to most, the examples of change, one person at a time, are inspiring and thought-provoking. John-Paul Flintoff also looks at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Thrive in the Digital Age
Tom Chatfield, School of Life
What is the new digital technology doing to us and the people around us? Is it good for us or can it have negative effects, leaving us cocooned in our own little worlds, no longer engaging with each other in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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The Bicycle Book
Bella Bathurst
May 2012 Travel Book of the Month.
A brilliant, charming, engaging look at the sometimes weird world of the bicycle and bicyclist. The people who ride them (including over water), the people who...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Jasmine Nights
Julia Gregson
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Set in WW2 with star crossed lovers, espionage and exotic locations, Jasmine Nights is a captivating and enjoyable read from the award-winning author of East of...
Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Insurgent
Veronica Roth
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best. Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent. No...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
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15 Seconds
Andrew Gross
May 2012 Book of the Month.
If you love fast-paced, topical thrillers that you simply can't put down, then Andrew Gross and especially 15 Seconds is a great place to go. Pulled over...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
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All That I Am
Anna Funder
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
An historical 'flash-back' novel based on the life of the author's friend. It recounts the challenges faced by German emigres living abroad during the rise of Hitler...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Unrest
Michelle Harrison
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
Best-selling author Michelle Harrison blurs the lines between being dead and alive in this brilliant, spine-tingling story of the powers of the undead. Elliott escapes...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Insurgent
Veronica Roth
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
This is heart-pounding dystopian fiction at its very best. Insurgent is the thrillingly dark sequel to the New York Times bestselling debut, Divergent. No...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2012
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Coronation Day
Kay Brellend
The toughest street in London, Campbell Road, is due for demolition. One of the last residents remaining, Matilda Kiever, born and bred on the street, remembers many things about the past, not least what really happened to Christopher Wild's mum,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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