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!

Ian Mortimer on 1415: Henry V’s Year of Glory

George Miller talks to Ian Mortimer about the pivotal year of Henry V’s reign, and finds out what one of our most famous kings was really like.

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Alexander Maitland on Speke and the Discovery of the Source of the Nile

John Hanning Speke was among the greatest British explorers of the Victorian era, whose greatest achievement was the discovery of the source of the White Nile – the holy grail of Victorian exploration. Following expeditions with Sir Richard Burton, Speke died in mysterious circumstances, at the age of 37.

Watch the trailer for Willy Vlautin’s Lean On Pete

From the acclaimed author ofThe Motel Life and Northline and frontman for the band Richmond Fontaine, comes a hugely moving slice of Americana.

An interview with Jean-Francois Parot, by Anna Brown

Anna Brown interviews Gallic Books’ master of historical crime, Jean-Francois Parot, and talks to him about diplomacy, food, and his creation, police commissioner Nicolas le Floch.

An interview with Nicola Upson

George Miller talks to Nicola Upson about her second book, which features the Cornish landscape and its people, the very real ‘golden age’ crime writer Josephine Tey, and the theatre world of 1930s Britain

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February crime round-up

The best of the latest crime fiction from Bookhugger’s publishers…

Ben Wilson and Andy Beckett discuss liberty in the 1970s

Historian Ben Wilson, author of What Price Liberty? discusses civil liberties in the 1970s with journalist Andy Beckett, author of When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the 70s.

February non-fiction round-up

The best of the new non-fiction covers such diverse topics as nature writing, how to make the right decisions, the television of the 1970s, the eternal struggle between journalists and politicians, and how dogs think!

Festival preview: Jewish Book Week, 27 February to 7 March

Don’t miss London’s longest running and most eclectic festival of ideas and writers, 27 February to 7 March, just off Russell Square, at the Royal National Hotel. And remember, you don’t need to be Jewish to enjoy Jewish Book Week!

The February Competition [closed]

Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate and Sceptre in February’s fabulous Bookhugger competition!

Paul Binding on My Cousin the Writer

‘Hoorah! A dazzling new novel has appeared featuring a subject hitherto unknown to quality fiction, radio soap opera’, began the review in the Spectator before calling it a ‘masterpiece’. For the Independent, ‘this tale of a radio soap makes post-war Britain sparkle’.

Download a chapter from The Age of Absurdity

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture.

The Children’s Invasion Book

In this second short film featuring Faber archivist Robert Brown, he introduces us to another of Faber’s wartime publications – The Children’s Invasion Book. Published in 1944, this book wasn’t a guide to help British children prepare for the possibility of a German invasion of the UK, but a display of the Allied military hardware which was about to be unleashed on D-Day…

February Reading Groups round-up

Looking for ideas for new titles to read with your reading circle or book group? Let us help. Here are some titles which have reading guides ready and waiting for you to stimulate discussion and debate.

Sam Taylor talks about The Island at the End of the World

George Miller talks to Sam Taylor about his post-apocalyptic vision, The Island at the End of the World, and the three very different narrators that it features.

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February contemporary fiction round-up

February is a busy month for our publishers. From the quirky to the sinister, here’s a stack of the best new releases in contemporary fiction…

From Russia With Love

What’s it like to have your novel turned into an Oscar-tipped blockbuster?

Jay Parini describes the experience of adapting his novel The Last Station into a screenplay, and about what happened after that…

The Booklist: Love Hurts

It’s not all wine and roses… witty, cunning, despairing, or just in very bad taste, Bookhugger gives you an alternative choice to the planned perfumed perfection that was Valentine’s Day!

Peter Carey Q&A

Peter Carey discusses Parrot and Olivier in America, the dazzling, complex and highly enjoyable eleventh novel from the twice-winner of the Booker Prize.