George Miller talks to Mark Kermode – listen and win
To avoid fainting keep repeating,
It’s only a move
..only a movie
..only a movie
..only a movie
Maile Meloy on Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
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.
Read More...Download a chapter from American Rust
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.
Read More...Watch the trailer for No and Me, 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.
Read More...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.
Read More...Christian Wolmar on Blood, Iron and Gold
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.
Read More...Recently on Bookhugger
Read an extract from Louise Welsh’s Naming the Bones
Posted On: March 8, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
Some secrets are best left buried…
Read More...Independent Bookseller of the Month: Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton, West Sussex
Posted On: March 6, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Win a copy of And This is True, Emily Mackie’s debut novel
Posted On: March 5, 2010Posted In: Competitions, Video
Publisher: Sceptre
Find our more about Emily Mackie’s debut novel, watch a trailer and try and win a copy too.
Read More...Amanda Vickery on house and home in Georgian England
Posted On: March 5, 2010Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Yale University Press
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.
Read More...More Than Words
Posted On: March 4, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
Canongate stalwarts Dan Rhodes and Louise Welsh talk new novels, flat pack furniture and knob gags.
Read More...100 Stories for Haiti: From Concept to Book in Six Weeks!
Posted On: March 4, 2010Posted In: Extracts, News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.”
Read More...Today is World Book Day
Posted On: March 4, 2010Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...An interview with Mary Beard
Posted On: March 3, 2010Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Profile Books
George Miller talks to Cambridge Classics Professor Mary Beard about the book of her blog, It’s a Don’s Life.
Read More...Read an extract of Peter Hessler’s Country Driving
Posted On: March 3, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
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.
Read More...Three questions for… Simon Winder
Posted On: March 2, 2010Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Picador
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.
Read More...Sir John Lister Kaye on his definition of nature writing
Posted On: March 2, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
Naturalist and conservationist Sir John Lister Kaye on what it means to him to be a nature writer.
Read More...George Miller talks to Julian Baggini – can you judge a book by its cover?
Posted On: March 1, 2010Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Granta Books
Julian Baggini talks about his latest book, Should You Judge This Book by Its Cover?: 100 Fresh Takes on Familiar Sayings and Quotations.
Read More...An interview with Emily Mackie
Posted On: March 1, 2010Posted In: Interviews
Publisher: Sceptre
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.
Read More...George Miller talks to David Kynaston
Posted On: February 26, 2010Posted In: Audio
Publisher: Bloomsbury
George Miller talks to David Kynaston about the second volume in his ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series, Family Britain.
Read More...Nice to See It… The 1970s in Front of the Telly
Posted On: February 26, 2010Posted In: Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Here are a selection of television clips, which for Brian Viner, author of Nice To See It, To See It, Nice symbolise the 1970s.
Read More...World Book Day is approaching
Posted On: February 26, 2010Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland – and it’s a week from today!
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