Little Hands Clapping and a short film
Canongate is re-issuing Dan Rhodes’s Anthropology and Timoleon Vieta Come Home to coincide with the publication of Little Hands Clapping, the latest novel from the man described by the Guardian as ‘reliably odd but fabulous’:
Read More...Win a pair of tickets to Four Stories High, part of YARNfest 2010
Novelists, thespians, auteurs and musicians from across London come together on February 23rd to retell the story of Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, and we have a pair of tickets to be won…
Read More...Read the first chapter of The Secret Speech
Tom Rob Smith talks about his hotly-anticipated follow-up to the Booker long-listed Child 44, The Secret Speech, and we let you read the whole of Chapter One.
Read More...The Lieutenant: author’s note
Kate Grenville penned an author’s note at the end of The Lieutenant, published in Feburary 2009.
Read More...Irene Sabatini: The Book That…
What do writers read? Irene Sabatini, whose debut novel The Boy Next Door has just been published, tells us about the books that have made her laugh, cry, kept her awake at night, and more.
Read More...Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter – a note from the author
“When I talk to readers about my book I often lead with a joke that goes something like this: My last book Vows, was about how my father the Catholic priest met my mother the Catholic nun, so it was inevitable that my next book would be about Yiddish.”
Read More...Recently on Bookhugger
The Candle Problem
Posted On: February 2, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
‘The Candle Problem’ is a classic experiment created by the Austrian psychiatrist Karl Duncker in 1945.
We ask science writers Jonah Lehrer and Daniel Pink to explain what this exercise can teach us about creativity, motivation and decision making.
Read More...This Valentine’s Day, say it with Bookhugger… [closed]
Posted On: February 1, 2010Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
The most romantic day of the year is fast approaching, and what better way to win over the one you love than with flowery verse, delicious chocs, sparkling wine and romantic prose. Win them all in our great competition – the winner will have them in time for the big day!
Read More...100 Stories for Haiti
Posted On: February 1, 2010Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
100 Stories for Haiti is a collection of short stories sold to raise money for relief efforts in disaster-striken Haiti. All proceeds go to the Red Cross.
Read More...Independent Bookseller of the Month: Camden Lock Books, Old Street Station, London
Posted On: January 31, 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 Camden Lock Books, located in Old Street Station in London.
Read More...Bookhugger sponsors YARNfest – celebrating story and storytelling
Posted On: January 30, 2010Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring the first YARNfest, a festival of storytelling that will take place in London between February 20th and 24th at The Book Club and the Queen of Hoxton, East London.
Read More...The January Competition
Posted On: January 29, 2010Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate, Hodder & Stoughton and Gallic Books in January’s fabulous competition!
Read More...Read the first chapter of The Devlin Diary, by Christi Phillips
Posted On: January 29, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
London, 1672: A vicious killer stalks the court of Charles II, inscribing his victims’ bodies with mysterious markings. Are these the random murders of a madman? The deadly consequence of a personal vendetta? Or the grisly result of a hidden conspiracy?
Read More...Catcher in the Rye author JD Salinger dies, aged 91
Posted On: January 28, 2010Posted In: News
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Reclusive novelist JD Salinger died of natural causes at his home.
Read full details on the BBC website
Read More...The Book Doctor is in the house
Posted On: January 28, 2010Posted In: The Book Doctor
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Bookhugger’s mystery medic is back to answer more of your cries for help – just what should you read next after you finish a book you have loved?
Read More...January Non-fiction Round-up
Posted On: January 28, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
If you’re looking for a good read this January, let these books transport you – from the shores of South America to the Middle East during the Crusades; from journeys of self-discovery to journeys through the lives of some remarkable people; from Hollywood to family hell and back again.
Read More...David Peace on Occupied City
Posted On: January 28, 2010Posted In: Audio, Extracts, Interviews
Publisher: Faber
George Miller talks to David Peace about the background to and writing of his latest novel, the second in his Tokyo Trilogy, Occupied City, and we have clips of David Peace reading from the novel too.
Read More...January Reading Groups Round-up
Posted On: January 27, 2010Posted In: Reading Groups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
If you’re looking for a new book for your reading group look no further – here are a selection of titles with discussion questions ready and waiting.
Read More...Andy Beckett on the 1970s
Posted On: January 27, 2010Posted In: Audio, Interviews
Publisher: Faber
Andy Beckett’s new book When the Lights Went Out takes a fresh look at the 1970s, a much-maligned decade. Was it really so bad? The author, who writes for the Guardian, reveals more in conversation with George Miller.
Read More...The Booklist – Winter Warmer
Posted On: January 26, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Curl up in front of the fire, and spend some time with a loner in the woods, his cabin insulated by his books; explore the Canadian Northwest with an anthropologist gone native; warm yourself with a wonderful tales from WWII and the Napoleonic Wars; then witness explorers pushing themselves to the limit, all from the comfort of your armchair!
Read More...Best of the Web: Inspector Pekkala
Posted On: January 26, 2010Posted In: Articles, Reading Groups
Publisher: Faber
It is the time of the Great Terror. Inspector Pekkala – known as the Emerald Eye – was once the most famous detective in all Russia, the favourite of the Tsar. Now he is the prisoner of the men he once hunted.
Read More...January Contemporary Fiction Round-up
Posted On: January 25, 2010Posted In: Genre Round-ups
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
The best of this month’s exciting new releases, and new paperback editions from Canongate, Faber and Hodder & Stoughton.
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