Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones

Some secrets are best left buried…

Independent Bookseller of the Month: Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton, West Sussex

Every month we feature a different bookshop – we ask them to tell us what makes them special and what they like most about what they do. This month it’s the turn of the Kemptown Bookshop in Brighton.

Win a copy of And This is True, Emily Mackie’s debut novel

Find our more about Emily Mackie’s debut novel, watch a trailer and try and win a copy too.

Amanda Vickery on house and home in Georgian England

In this brilliant new work, Amanda Vickery unlocks the homes of Georgian England to examine the lives of the people who lived there. George Miller talked to her about it.

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More Than Words

Canongate stalwarts Dan Rhodes and Louise Welsh talk new novels, flat pack furniture and knob gags.

100 Stories for Haiti: From Concept to Book in Six Weeks!

On the morning of January 19, days after a devastating earthquake struck near Haiti’s capital, author Greg McQueen posted a video on his blog: “Dear Twitterverse, I can’t keep watching the news about Haiti on television or trending on Twitter without doing something. I woke up this morning with the idea that together we could make a book and donate all royalties to the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.”

Today is World Book Day

Today is World Book Day in the UK – a celebration and promotion of books and reading. Look out for Quick Reads and a programme of exciting events in bookshops and schools all around the country.

An interview with Mary Beard

George Miller talks to Cambridge Classics Professor Mary Beard about the book of her blog, It’s a Don’s Life.

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Read an extract of Peter Hessler’s Country Driving

In the summer of 2001, Peter Hessler, the long-time Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, acquired his Chinese driver’s license. For the next seven years he travelled the country, tracking how the automobile and the improved transport system were transforming China.

Three questions for… Simon Winder

George Miller asks author and publisher Simon Winder about his new book, Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern. As ever, there are no trick questions, but no forewarning either. Watch the video to find out what Simon thinks are the highs and lows of German cooking.

Sir John Lister Kaye on his definition of nature writing

Naturalist and conservationist Sir John Lister Kaye on what it means to him to be a nature writer.

George Miller talks to Julian Baggini – can you judge a book by its cover?

Julian Baggini talks about his latest book, Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations.

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An interview with Emily Mackie

Emily Mackie sits in the Bookhugger hot-seat to talk about her forthcoming debut novel, And This Is True, the book she wishes she had written and her cunning plan to avoid writing postmodern twaddle.

George Miller talks to David Kynaston

George Miller talks to David Kynaston about the second volume in his ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series, Family Britain.

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Nice to See It… The 1970s in Front of the Telly

Here are a selection of television clips, which for Brian Viner, author of Nice To See It, To See It, Nice symbolise the 1970s.

World Book Day is approaching

World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland – and it’s a week from today!