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30 Jul 2010
Social networking site Twitter has been praised by publishers for bringing them closer to consumers.
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30 Jul 2010
Social networking site Twitter has been praised by publishers for bringing them closer to consumers.
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23 Jul 2010
HarperCollins has launched a new campaign to promote Cecelia Ahern's latest book in paperback
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14 Jul 2010
The US author's autobiography is to be released in November, more than 100 years after his death.
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08 Jul 2010
To Kill a Mockingbird is enjoying its 50th anniversary
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23 Jun 2010
The Canadian author has rejected criticism of his new novel, which serves as an allegory for the Holocaust.
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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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20 Apr 2010
Alice Walker is to attend a screening of the movie version of her novel The Color Purple in London.
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07 Apr 2010
Nicholas Sparks believes he is the first of his kind in his genre.
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31 Mar 2010
Nicholas Sparks wrote the novel second.
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29 Mar 2010
Author states that no one is being forced to read his book.
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26 Mar 2010
The Birds on the Trees is about…
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22 Mar 2010
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively may have won the Booker Prize, but it is still 'under-appreciated'.
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10 Mar 2010
On-tour epiphany inspired Lisa See's Shanghai Girls.
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19 Feb 2010
Some people are unhappy that Gerard Depardieu was chosen to play Dumas.
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11 Feb 2010
Young author nominated for romance award.
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29 Jan 2010
Holden Caulfield creator has died at his home in the US.
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27 Jan 2010
Author puts himself at the centre of controversy once more.
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26 Jan 2010
Josephine Cox signs film adaptation agreement with Tesco.
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26 Jan 2010
Author voiced the terrible state of affairs in Haiti nearly 10 year ago.
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This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
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Licence Renewed
John Gardner
The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, from a writer described by Len Deighton as a 'master storyteller'.
James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2012
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That Summer at Hill Farm
Miranda France
Farmer Hayes loves the land - but hates farming. His neglected wife Isabel adores her three children, but is temperamentally unsuited to life as a wife and mother. The Smith sisters have not spoken to one another for forty years,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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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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Jubilee
Shelley Harris
A joyous, cleverly written, morally minded (but never preachy) novel. Set during a street party for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 and 35 years later, it explores the real story behind an iconic photograph taken in 1977 that seems...
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/05/2012
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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 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 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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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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This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
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Midwinterblood
Marcus Sedgwick
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
Prize-winning Marcus Sedgwick's gift for powerful storytelling is at its very best in this emotionally charged, no holds barred novel. When journalist Eric Seven arrives...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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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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In One Person
John Irving
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Picking up on the term 'a sexual suspect' Irving first used in his landmark novel The World According to Garp, In One Person is the tragic,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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That Summer in Ischia
Penny Feeny
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
With intrigue, lost friendships and set on a sun-drenched Italian island, this is one of these stories that you just want to keep on reading. 25 years...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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The Hypnotist
Lars Kepler
When a whole family is murdered in Stockholm, Inspector Joona Linna is brought in to investigate the murky case and soon uncovers an unsettling connection to disgraced hypnotist and medic Erik Maria Bark. With uber-villains in the Thomas Harris mould...
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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The River Woman
Sorrel Pitts
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
'A fascinating story told by a very promising writer.' Sir Michael Parkinson.A young woman is found half frozen to death on a remote farm and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 19/09/2011
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.
A breathtakingly original rendering of the Trojan War - a devastating love story and a tale of gods and kings, immortal fame and the human heart.
Format: Paperback - Released: 12/04/2012
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