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Book news for 2011


New book exposes the real cost to Britain of EU membership
25 Mar 2011

New book exposes the real cost to Britain of EU membership

Europe On 387 Million Euros A Day by Olly Figg describes EU as
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Schoolchildren should read 50 books a year says education secretary
22 Mar 2011

Schoolchildren should read 50 books a year says education secretary

MP Michael Gove says reading demands placed on English pupils has been "too low for too long".
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Teacher sacked for racy novel loses employment tribunial
21 Mar 2011

Teacher sacked for racy novel loses employment tribunial

Leonora Rustamova now plans to release Stop! Don't Read This! through Bluemoose Books
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Author and illustrator Dorreya Wood pens children's story with spiritual message
18 Mar 2011

Author and illustrator Dorreya Wood pens children's story with spiritual message

Acclaimed picture book Just a Dream introduces young readers to the Mind, Body and Spirit genre
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Fantasy author Stephen Hunt blasts BBC for genre bias
11 Mar 2011

Horror - Fantasy - SF
Fantasy author Stephen Hunt blasts BBC for genre bias

Novelist says the broadcaster ignored sci-fi, fantasy and horror during its coverage of World Book Night
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Author pens
11 Mar 2011

Author pens "unashamedly retro" children's book

Thomas Burton spent one year finding the right artist to illustrate Bluey and Dingo's Outback Adventure
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Streatham's answer to Jackie Collins set for big screen success
10 Mar 2011

Streatham's answer to Jackie Collins set for big screen success

Gillian Hudson in talks to turn debut novel Rendezvous into steamy film
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Spider-Man comic smashes record for Silver Age comic sale
10 Mar 2011

Spider-Man comic smashes record for Silver Age comic sale

The web-slinger's 1962 debut in Amazing Fantasy fetches over $1m in auction
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Alex Reid planning kiss and tell book on marriage to Katie Price
07 Mar 2011

Alex Reid planning kiss and tell book on marriage to Katie Price

Cage fighter will lift lid on the couple's arguments and sex life
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Country music star Dolly Parton launches Scottish book giveaway project
07 Mar 2011

Country music star Dolly Parton launches Scottish book giveaway project

The Imagination Library scheme will see youngsters in care receive a free book every month until their fifth birthday
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Average Brit reads for just 20 minutes at bedtime before falling asleep
04 Mar 2011

Average Brit reads for just 20 minutes at bedtime before falling asleep

Survey of nighttime reading habits conducted to mark 10th anniversary of Routledge Classics
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Bestselling author Julian Ruck goes on book-signing tour of the UK
03 Mar 2011

Bestselling author Julian Ruck goes on book-signing tour of the UK

Author of Ragged Cliffs and Inheritance Lost promoting new book An Equal Judge
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Hermione Granger is teenagers' top fictional dream date
03 Mar 2011

Hermione Granger is teenagers' top fictional dream date

Harry Potter character tops poll in new survey of teenage reading habits
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New business self-development book uses fairytales to share key principles
02 Mar 2011

New business self-development book uses fairytales to share key principles

Martyn Pentecost says The Key: To Business&Personal Success will reach readers at a deeper level
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First-time author Wez Thompson hoping for Kindle best-seller
01 Mar 2011

First-time author Wez Thompson hoping for Kindle best-seller

How To Say Boo To A Goose is an hilarious autobiographical adventure
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Unpublished novel by Patrick White to be released
01 Mar 2011

Unpublished novel by Patrick White to be released

The Hanging Garden was among papers earmarked for destruction
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Bloomsbury predicts 2011 to be the year of the e-book
28 Feb 2011

Bloomsbury predicts 2011 to be the year of the e-book

Publisher says e-book sales are on the rise
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Educational specialist pens handbook for families looking to resettle
28 Feb 2011

Educational specialist pens handbook for families looking to resettle

Parents on the Move takes the stress and hassle out of relocating
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World Book Night set to be the biggest single literary event in history
25 Feb 2011

World Book Night set to be the biggest single literary event in history

Authors including John le Carre and Mark Haddon will give readings
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John le Carre donates archive to Bodleian Library
24 Feb 2011

John le Carre donates archive to Bodleian Library

Handwritten drafts of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will be among the papers on display
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Unknown Enid Blyton novel discovered after auction
23 Feb 2011

Unknown Enid Blyton novel discovered after auction

Mr Tumpy's Caravan hailed as unique find
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More over-50s own e-readers than youngsters
22 Feb 2011

More over-50s own e-readers than youngsters

The final nail may have been driven into the coffin of traditional publishers yesterday.
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Children's writers dominate list of most-borrowed library books
18 Feb 2011

Children's writers dominate list of most-borrowed library books

Only three adult authors make the Public Lending Right 2010 list
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New film to tell the JK Rowling story
18 Feb 2011

New film to tell the JK Rowling story

Strange Magic will star Poppy Montgomery as the Harry Potter author
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Raymond Chandler's remains reunited with wife's ashes
17 Feb 2011

Raymond Chandler's remains reunited with wife's ashes

Historian Loren Latker helped fulfill author's wish after five decades
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Martin Amis causes literary storm among children's writers
15 Feb 2011

Martin Amis causes literary storm among children's writers

Money author says he would only write a children's book after suffering a brain injury
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Kate and William romance to become comic book
15 Feb 2011

Kate and William romance to become comic book

A Very Public Love Story will be released in the weeks leading up to the royal wedding
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Have a Heart this Valentine's Day
11 Feb 2011

Have a Heart this Valentine's Day

A top creative director from Burrington who penned a book about Valentine's Day hopes to raise up to £10,000 for the British Heart Foundation this week.
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Former homeless writer shortlisted for major literary award
11 Feb 2011

Romance / Sagas
Former homeless writer shortlisted for major literary award

Tom Gamble sets his sights on Romantic Novelists Association Novel of the Year Award for Amazir
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Free fan-fiction reworking of The Lord of the Rings infringes copyright
10 Feb 2011

Free fan-fiction reworking of The Lord of the Rings infringes copyright

Russian novel The Last Ring-Bearer is a hit with fans but not the Tolkien estate
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Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men series to be turned into Hollywood film
09 Feb 2011

Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men series to be turned into Hollywood film

Twentieth Century Fox confirms work has begun with director Shawn Levy attached to project
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Father of Meredith Kercher to write children's book
07 Feb 2011

Father of Meredith Kercher to write children's book

John Kercher started penning bedtime story to murdered daughter when she was a teenager
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Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson adds her voice to library closure protests
07 Feb 2011

Gruffalo creator Julia Donaldson adds her voice to library closure protests

She joins a group of authors and illustrators lobbying Scottish parliament on Save Our Libraries Day
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Secret Millionaire David Jamilly writes book on his fun-filled rise to riches
04 Feb 2011

Secret Millionaire David Jamilly writes book on his fun-filled rise to riches

Party People gives the full story of multi-million-pound events company Theme Traders
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Free Penguin Modern Classics inside The Daily Telegraph
04 Feb 2011

Free Penguin Modern Classics inside The Daily Telegraph

Get your free copies of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited and Henry James's The Beast in the Jungle inside The Telegraph this weekend
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Cook is on a mission to make African cooking popular in the UK
03 Feb 2011

Cook is on a mission to make African cooking popular in the UK

Nina Gaskell says African Fusion Cooking blends the best of both worlds
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Chris Evans joins forces with the Hay Festival to inspire child authors
02 Feb 2011

Chris Evans joins forces with the Hay Festival to inspire child authors

Finalists in the 500 Words competition will have their stories read out live on
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Vladimir Nabokov proved right over controversial butterfly theory
01 Feb 2011

Vladimir Nabokov proved right over controversial butterfly theory

Lolita author was also a keen amateur butterfly expert
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Barry Norman's novelist wife Diana Norman dies aged 77
01 Feb 2011

Barry Norman's novelist wife Diana Norman dies aged 77

Writer was celebrated for her series of historical thrillers
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Charles Dickens's final novel to be completed by BBC
27 Jan 2011

Crime / Who-dunit
Charles Dickens's final novel to be completed by BBC

Adaptation of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will hit TV screens later this year
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The write time and place
25 Jan 2011

The write time and place

A Stockport business has launched a national children's writing competition to celebrate some of the UK's "forgotten" historical sites.
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Books fly off the shelves at Isle of Wight library
24 Jan 2011

Books fly off the shelves at Isle of Wight library

Readers protest over government cuts
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Anne Robinson to present literary version of Desert Island Discs
24 Jan 2011

Anne Robinson to present literary version of Desert Island Discs

Presenter fronts My Life in Books as part of BBC year-long focus on writing
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The letters of John Lennon to be published for the first time
21 Jan 2011

The letters of John Lennon to be published for the first time

Yoko Ono agrees to sell missives after fierce bidding war
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Co-creator of Asterix the Gaul told to pay £171,000 in unpaid tax
20 Jan 2011

Co-creator of Asterix the Gaul told to pay £171,000 in unpaid tax

French tax office says Albert Uderzo does not benefit from the country's "authorial rights" system
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Liz Lockhead announced as Scotland's new Scots Makar
20 Jan 2011

Book Awards
Liz Lockhead announced as Scotland's new Scots Makar

Award-winning writer fills post left vacant by death of Edwin Morgan
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Ian McEwan to receive the 2011 Jerusalem Prize
19 Jan 2011

Ian McEwan to receive the 2011 Jerusalem Prize

British novelist described by judges as one of the "most important writers of our time"
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Title of new James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver announced
18 Jan 2011

Mystery / Thriller
Title of new James Bond novel by Jeffery Deaver announced

"Carte Blanche" is set in the present and sees 007 visit Dubai
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Sherlock Holmes set to return in new officially-sanctioned novel
18 Jan 2011

Crime / Who-dunit
Sherlock Holmes set to return in new officially-sanctioned novel

The Conan Doyle estate commissions screenwriter Anthony Horowitz to pen new mystery
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Stieg Larsson's partner plans to finish fourth Millennium novel
17 Jan 2011

Stieg Larsson's partner plans to finish fourth Millennium novel

Eva Gabrielsson reveals plan in memoir Millennium, Stieg and Me
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Pete Postlethwaite autobiography set for summer release
14 Jan 2011

Pete Postlethwaite autobiography set for summer release

A Spectacle of Dust was completed before actor's death from cancer
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Author writes academic
13 Jan 2011

Author writes academic "Michelin guide" to the afterlife

Jenny Masefield spent 20 years researching Our Pathway of Being
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Teacher sacked for racy novel claims she was being
13 Jan 2011

Teacher sacked for racy novel claims she was being "innovative"

Leonora Rustamova defends Stop! Don't Read This! at employment tribunal
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Harry Hill wins children's book award
12 Jan 2011

Harry Hill wins children's book award

Comic's Tim the Tiny Horse at Large is youngsters' favourite read
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Paulo Coelho books banned in Iran
12 Jan 2011

Paulo Coelho books banned in Iran

Novelist calls on Brazilian Government to intervene
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Penguin launches first iPhone app for babies
11 Jan 2011

Penguin launches first iPhone app for babies

The Baby Touch Peekaboo App aimed at children up to 12 months
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Creator of Bob the Builder makes children's book prize list
11 Jan 2011

Creator of Bob the Builder makes children's book prize list

Curtis Jobling up for £5k Waterstone's Children's Book Prize with Werewolf: Rise of the Wolf
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Children's author Dick King-Smith dies aged 88
07 Jan 2011

Children's author Dick King-Smith dies aged 88

Author of The Sheep-Pig enjoyed a prolific writing career
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British historian debunks myth of gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
06 Jan 2011

Crime / Who-dunit
British historian debunks myth of gangster Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

Author Tim Newark claims reputation of father of organised crime was heavily inflated
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New book Put Your Heart in Your Mouth warns against low-fat diets
05 Jan 2011

New book Put Your Heart in Your Mouth warns against low-fat diets

Cutting fat intake could actually increase risk of heart disease says expert
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McCanns shift publication of book on missing daughter to avoid Royal wedding
04 Jan 2011

McCanns shift publication of book on missing daughter to avoid Royal wedding

Madeleine will now be published in May
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The School of Life This month's 'featured books'
The School of Life
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
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

Author of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Author of the Month
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
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

Debuts of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Debuts of the Month
The Light Between Oceans
M. L. Stedman
May 2012 MEGA Debut of the Month. What a brilliant and memorable debut. Superb characters, heart-rending plot and, set on an island 100 miles from Australia, a uniquely beautiful setting. After the horrors...
Format: Hardback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

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
 
 

eBooks This month's 'featured books'
eBooks
Hellfire
James Holland
An impenetrable Axis spy circuit could be compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. Jack Tanner, recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, is astonished to receive a battlefield commission which will propel him into a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

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
 
 

Role of Honour
John Gardner
Gardner's stunning reinvention of Bond secured critical acclaim and blockbusting sales around the world. Role of Honour, the fourth book in the series, kept 007 at No.1. James Bond series:1. Licence Renewed2. For Special Services3.
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Manhattan in Reverse
Peter F. Hamilton
In 1998 Peter F. Hamilton, the master of space opera and top ten bestselling author, published his first collection of short stories in A Second Chance at Eden. Thirteen years later he returns to short fiction with a new collection....
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

Books of the Month This month's 'featured books'
Books of the Month
Dare Me
Megan Abbott
May 2012 Book of the Month. Following on from her Richard and Judy selected title, The End of Everything, is this dark dangerous coming of age story set among a fiercely competitive...
Format: Hardback - Released: 10/05/2012
 
 

I Left My Tent in San Francisco
Emma Kennedy
May 2012 Travel Book of the Month. Startlingly honest and ridiculously funny, I Left My Tent in San Francisco is the miraculous story of how the hapless pair made it back alive to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
 
 

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
 
 

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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