Read a story from Diving Belles, by Lucy Wood
With a luminous, startling and utterly spellbinding debut collection, Lucy Wood is a spectacular new voice in contemporary British fiction.
Read More...An extract from The Berlin Crossing, by Kevin Brophy
Read an extract from The Berlin Crossing, a compelling and unforgettable novel by Kevin Brophy, that brings to life the very human story behind a momentous turning point in history.
Read More...Pascal Garnier – in his own words
Pascal Garnier, who died in March 2010, was a talented novelist, short story writer, children’s author and painter. Gallic Books will publish three novels by him in 2012: The Panda Theory, How’s the Pain? and The A26. In an article for his French publisher, Zulma, Garnier described what led him to become a writer…
Read More...An extract from Something of the Night, by Ian Marchant
Who can say what the night might bring? Mummy tucking you up with Teddy and a cup of Ovaltine? Fireworks and frivolity? A party? Music? Dancing? Or you could be reading in bed, between clean linen sheets before falling into deep and restful sleep and sweet dreams…
Read More...An extract from In the Orchard, the Swallows
A tale of tenderness in the face of great and corrupt power, In The Orchard, The Swallows from author Peter Hobbs is a heartbreaking novel written in prose of exquisite stillness and beauty.
Read More...The January Competition
The first monthly competition of 2012 has a lovely selection of new reads for three Bookhugger readers… courtesy of Faber & Faber, Simon & Schuster, Bloomsbury and Headline.
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An extract from Cairo
Posted On: January 19, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Read an extract of Cairo, Ahdaf Soueif’s account of the revolution and a personal journey into the city of her childhood.
Read More...What secrets wash up on the tide?
Posted On: January 18, 2012Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Listen to the podcast for Penny Hancock’s debut novel, Tideline…
Read More...Researching The Flying Man
Posted On: January 17, 2012Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Headline
Roopa Farooki discusses her research behind her new novel, The Flying Man…
Read More...Discover The Emperor of Lies
Posted On: January 16, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Faber
Now published in over twenty languages, Steve Sem-Sandberg’s award winning The Emperor of Lies is one of the great Holocaust novels of the twenty-first century by one of Scandinavia’s most admired authors. Read an extract.
Read More...Roopa Farooki on The Flying Man
Posted On: January 13, 2012Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Headline
Roopa Farooki introduces The Flying man, a story of the ultimate immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love.
Read More...What is The Panda Theory?
Posted On: January 12, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Gallic Books
“You’ve only been here for a few days but you already know loads of people. You walk into people’s lives, just like that.”
Read an extract from Pascal Garnier’s humourous and dark novel, out in March from Gallic Books.
Read More...The Berlin Crossing
Posted On: January 11, 2012Posted In: Video
Publisher: Headline
Watch the trailer for The Berlin Crossing, a compelling and unforgettable novel by Kevin Brophy, that brings to life the very human story behind a momentous turning point in history.
Read More...Biography is Dead…
Posted On: January 10, 2012Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
The grand literary biography, alongside the Booker winner, used to be the jewel on an editor’s list. But those days seem to have gone… but according to Faber’s Neil Belton, every once in a while a biographer comes along with a fascinating yet overlooked life, and the potential is clear to all.
Read More...Discover The Flying Man
Posted On: January 9, 2012Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Headline
Read an extract from Roopa Farooki’s affecting, evocative and often funny story of the ultimate immigrant, a man who fits in everywhere and nowhere, who cannot help but cause harm to those around him, but ultimately, inspires love.
Read More...Faber’s Cultural Highlights of 2011 – Part Three
Posted On: January 6, 2012Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Faber
The third instalment of Faber’s end-of-year cultural round-up, in which more Faber authors look back and reveal what’s impressed them the most in 2011, whilst also looking forward to what lies in store in 2012… from the likes of Sarah Hall, Alan Glynn, John Lanchester and more.
Read More...Sarah Winman on When God Was a Rabbit
Posted On: January 5, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Sarah Winman, Winner of Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: New Writer of the Year for When God Was a Rabbit.
Read More...Louise Young on My Dear, I Wanted To Tell You
Posted On: January 4, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Louisa Young, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Audible.co.uk Audiobook of the Year, for My Dear, I Wanted To Tell You.
Read More...Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens: A Life
Posted On: January 3, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Claire Tomalin, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Daily Telegraph Biography of the Year, for Charles Dickens: A Life.
Read More...SJ Watson on Before I Go To Sleep
Posted On: January 2, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with SJ Watson, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Crime and Thriller Novel of the Year, for Before I Go To Sleep.
Read More...Emma Donoghue on Room
Posted On: January 1, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Emma Donoghue, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: WH Smith Paperback of the Year for Room
Read More...Simon Hopkinson on The Good Cook
Posted On: December 31, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Simon Hopkinson, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Food and Drink Book of the Year, for The Good Cook.
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