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Still Alice
Posted On: March 15, 2010
Posted In: Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
<i>Still Alice</i>

Lisa Genova discusses her New York Times Bestseller Still Alice.

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George Miller talks to Mark Kermode – listen and win
Posted On: March 12, 2010
Posted In: Audio, Competitions, Interviews
Publisher: Random House Books
George Miller talks to Mark Kermode – listen and win

To avoid fainting keep repeating,
It’s only a movie
..only a movie
..only a movie
..only a movie

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Maile Meloy on Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
Posted On: March 11, 2010
Posted In: Extracts, Interviews
Publisher: Canongate
Maile Meloy on <i>Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It</i>

Find out about new short story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It from author Maile Meloy, and read one of the stories here on Bookhugger.

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Download a chapter from American Rust
Posted On: March 10, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Download a chapter from <i>American Rust</i>

Set in a beautiful but dying Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises from its loss.

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Watch the trailer for No and Me, by Delphine de Vigan
Posted On: March 9, 2010
Posted In: Video
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Watch the trailer for <i>No and Me</i>, by Delphine de Vigan

Watch a trailer for Delphine de Vigan’s bestselling novel, No and Me, newly translated from the French by George Miller.

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Michael Foot (1913-2010)
Posted On: March 9, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
Michael Foot (1913-2010)

Faber Finds Editor John Seaton on the giant of the British Left, who died last week at the age of 96.

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Christian Wolmar on Blood, Iron and Gold
Posted On: March 8, 2010
Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Christian Wolmar on <i>Blood, Iron and Gold</i>

George Miller talks to Christian Wolmar about his latest book, which documents the drastic transformative effect that the railways had on the world around us.

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Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones
Posted On: March 8, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s <i>Naming the Bones</i>

Some secrets are best left buried…

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Independent Bookseller of the Month: Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton, West Sussex
Posted On: March 6, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.

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Win a copy of And This is True, Emily Mackie’s debut novel [closed]
Posted On: March 5, 2010
Posted In: Competitions, Video
Publisher: Sceptre
Win a copy of <i>And This is True</i>, Emily Mackie’s debut novel [closed]

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

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Amanda Vickery on house and home in Georgian England
Posted On: March 5, 2010
Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Yale University Press
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
Posted On: March 4, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
More Than Words

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

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100 Stories for Haiti: From Concept to Book in Six Weeks!
Posted On: March 4, 2010
Posted In: Extracts, News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
<i>100 Stories for Haiti</i>: 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.”

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Today is World Book Day
Posted On: March 4, 2010
Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.

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An interview with Mary Beard
Posted On: March 3, 2010
Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Profile Books
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
Posted On: March 3, 2010
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
Read an extract of Peter Hessler’s <i>Country Driving</i>

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.

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