Literary contemporary: the latest news
24 Aug 2010
Literary fan travels 12,000 miles to make world's largest book ad
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21 Jul 2010
The winner of the Margaret Hewson Prize for new creative talent has been announced.
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21 Jul 2010
The personal papers of war poet Siegfried Sassoon have gone on display in Cambridge.
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21 Jul 2010
Alexander McCall Smith will be involved in talks about Scottish education.
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16 Jul 2010
Nearly 30 titles have been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in Australia.
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06 Jul 2010
Jonathan Franzen is preparing to release Freedom, his first book since the critically acclaimed 2001 novel The Corrections.
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21 Jun 2010
A manuscript by Mark Twain dedicated to his favourite daughter has fetched twice what it was expected to at auction in New York.
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16 Jun 2010
Neil Gaiman has taken one of his former collaborators to court over royalties.
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15 Jun 2010
British author and playwright Alan Bennett has been robbed of £1,500 by street scammers.
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02 Jun 2010
Bill Bryson told fans at the Hay Festival he believes Britain is a nation of self-absorbed people.
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25 May 2010
Author Martin Gardner has died aged 95.
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10 May 2010
Feminist writer Fay Weldon claims to have a psychic ability.
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04 May 2010
William Nicholson reveals his favourite adaptation of Shadowlands.
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29 Apr 2010
William Nicholson hints that he is deep into writing a new children's book.
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28 Apr 2010
Would-be screenwriters have been offered some top tips by author William Nicholson.
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21 Apr 2010
The best-selling Irish author Colm Toibin has stated that hard copies of books will remain popular, despite new technology.
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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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12 Apr 2010
Joseph O'Neil's critically-lauded novel Netherland has been shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
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05 Mar 2010
Best-selling author unveils "beautiful" library.
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02 Mar 2010
Yann Martel is to give PM Stephen Harper a rest, from him at least.
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This month's 'featured books'
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The Inheritance
Robin Hobb
A collection of novellas and stories from one of the most critically acclaimed authors in the fantasy genre, Robin Hobb. Including work written under her pseudonym, Megan Lindholm. Bingtown heiresses rub shoulders in this wonderful collection with vampires and alien...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/04/2012
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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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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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The Watchtower
Lee Carroll
Will Hughes, the alluring four-hundred-year-old vampire who tasted her blood and saved her life, could help, but he's disappeared. Garet believes he's in France, searching for the Summer Country, the legendary land of the Fey where he might be freed...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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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 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 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 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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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'
Books of the Month
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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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A Rural Affair
Catherine Alliott
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Catherine Alliott is at her sparkling and brilliant best in this her latest feel-good read. Full of her trademark wit and characters you feel instantly drawn to....
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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Changeling
Philippa Gregory
May 2012 MEGA Book of the Month. Best-selling Philippa Gregory’s first book for teenagers is a thrilling story of malice and betrayal, courage and passion. Tricked out of her inheritance by her greedy and duplicitous brother, Isolde must swap ruling...
Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2012
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The Heroes
Joe Abercrombie
May 2012 Book of the Month.
Why do people fight pointless wars and what does it take to be called a Hero? If you are a lover of action fantasy novels then the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
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The Underside of Joy
Seré Prince Halverson
May 2012 Debut of the Month.
Captivating, beautifully written with a real sense of location this is a heart wrenching story of modern motherhood that is a real emotional roller-coaster.
STOP PRESS: For a...
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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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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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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