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20 Jan 2011
Award-winning writer fills post left vacant by death of Edwin Morgan
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03 Dec 2010
Collection Clamor was inspired by husband's experiences serving in Iraq
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02 Nov 2010
Students aged 16-18 invited to compete for UK's most valuable prize for young poets
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06 Aug 2010
John O'Donoghue Wins Mind Book Of The Year 2010
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22 Jul 2010
Irish poet Seamus Heaney has been shortlisted for the Forward prize.
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21 Apr 2010
A Single Swallow by Horatio Clare leads the newly-announced longlist for the Wales Book of the Year award 2010.
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16 Apr 2010
Some of Ted Hughes' earliest poetry is to go on show at the British Library next month.
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23 Mar 2010
Ted Hughes is to be remembered at Westminster Abbey.
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29 Jan 2010
Christopher Reid feels a certain kinship with elephants.
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27 Jan 2010
Poet becomes surprise winner of reputed award.
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14 Oct 2009
Hilary Mantel has claimed the extraordinary life of Oliver Cromwell was central to her Booker Prize success.
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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 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 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 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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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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Summer and the City
Candace Bushnell
May 2012 New Gen Book of the Month.
Meet teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she hits the bright lights, big city of New York for the very first time! Find out how Carrie transforms...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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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 Last Summer
Judith Kinghorn
May 2012 MEGA Debut of the Month.
An enchanting, sweeping debut of big storytelling, of social and political change spanning the First World War and beyond, perfect for reading groups and fans of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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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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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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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'
eBooks
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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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The Perfect Location
Kate Forster
Rose Nightingale is an Australian actress still recovering from a bad marriage. Sapphira De Mont is the world's most beautiful movie star, but hides a secret addiction and a broken heart. Calypso Gable is a young star on the rise...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
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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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Nobody Lives For Ever
John Gardner
In Nobody Lives Forever, the fifth in Gardner's bestselling series, Fleming's superspy is at the top of his game.
James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3. Icebreaker4. Role of Honour5.
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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