Historical fiction: the latest news
27 Aug 2010
Publisher achieves fiction and non-fiction top spot
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25 Aug 2010
Novel in trouble for displaying a bum on front cover
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24 Aug 2010
'Past life regression' inspires author's debut novel
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25 Jun 2010
Michael Jecks believes readers should pay to use libraries in order to limit the potential damage of spending cuts.
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22 Jun 2010
Man Booker Prize and NBCCA award-winning Wolf Hall has scooped yet another award.
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20 May 2010
Troubles has won J G Farrell his second Booker Prize, 30 years after the author's death.
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21 Apr 2010
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall has been shortlisted for this year's Orange Prize for Fiction.
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15 Apr 2010
The Captive Queen's author Alison Weir will be holding a live web chat with her fans this month.
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13 Apr 2010
The legendary director is to adapt Robert Harris' Roman novel for television audiences.
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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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02 Mar 2010
Hilary Mantel suggests social preconceptions are in need of revision.
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18 Feb 2010
Hilary Mantel will address the London Book Fair.
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11 Feb 2010
Author backs fight to save school.
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03 Feb 2010
Wolf Hall helped HarperCollins UK to a profitable finish to 2009.
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27 Jan 2010
Author puts himself at the centre of controversy once more.
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30 Dec 2009
Tracy Chevalier's Remarkable Creatures sees the author take on another unusual subject.
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22 Dec 2009
This year's Man Booker Prize winner is proving to be a hit with consumers.
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02 Dec 2009
Reputed author wins tongue-in-cheek prize.
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27 Nov 2009
Former Leeds United boss Brian Clough was not the original core subject of The Damned United.
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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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 Summer of Secrets
Alison Lucy
An ill-fated marriage leads to a disastrous honeymoon but years later the repercussions of the holiday see three young women seeking a potentially dangerous truth. Great escapist summertime reading. Perfect for fans of Veronica Henry and Tasmina Perry.
Format: Paperback - Released: 17/05/2012
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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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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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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'
eBooks
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The Kingdom of Childhood
Rebecca Coleman
What might have been a clichéd story of a frustrated middle aged mother and a teenage schoolboy is cleverly sidestepped in this excellent debut. Instead we have dark disturbing story, driven by illicit passion and a past secret that quickly...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/05/2012
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Jubilee Lines
Carol Ann Duffy
To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy brings together a dazzling array of contemporary poets (sixty in fact) to write about each of the sixty years of 'Her Majesty's'...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Knot
Jane Borodale
From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted The Book of Fires comes The Knot, an extraordinarily evocative story of obsession, love and secrets.
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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The Impossible Dead
Ian Rankin
Shortlisted for the Galaxy Crime & Thriller of the Year Award 2011.
Rankin is synonymous with crime and Edinburgh and having decided to end it with his long-time protagonist – Rebus – he has successfully created a new one in the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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The Chaperone
Laura Moriarty
May 2012 Book of the Month.
I am reminded of the 20s musical number "Anything Goes" here, for in "The Chaperone" it certainly does. This is 20s New York, the girl being chaperoned...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month.
With her dazzling, utterly absorbing style of writing Bring Up the Bodies focuses on the downfall and destruction of the charismatic Anne Boleyn. This is the...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Women of a Dangerous Age
Fanny Blake
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Publisher turned author Fanny Blake has written another insightful, funny, addictive read that women will totally understand and men would do well to read in order to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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How to Find Fulfilling Work
Roman Krznaric, School of Life
How to know what you want to do, how to set about achieving your goal and how to sort out your need for certainty or money or is freedom of choice , with all the risks that involves, the most...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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How to Stay Sane
Philippa Perry, School of Life
Mental health is every bit as important as physical health and Philippa Perry explains the brain, how we organise our minds and the ways we can improve our mental agility and creativity but also help to deal with stress and...
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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