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Bookhugger needs Real Readers!
Posted On: April 25, 2012
Posted In: Articles
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Bookhugger needs Real Readers!

We’re looking for contemporary fiction and non-fiction, and crime fans for our exciting new Real Readers programme.

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A Million Reasons To Read A Book: World Book Night 2012
Posted On: April 23, 2012
Posted In: News
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A Million Reasons To Read A Book: World Book Night 2012

World Book Night is a celebration of reading and books which sees tens of thousands of passionate volunteers gift books in their communities to share their love of reading. In 2012 World Book Night will be celebrated in the UK, Ireland, Germany and USA on April 23.

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The April Competition
Posted On: April 18, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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The April Competition

Our April competition offers three lucky Bookhugger readers a chance to win four fabulous titles from our publishers! Thank you publishers!

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Book Heaven / Hell: Wiley Cash
Posted On: April 2, 2012
Posted In: Interviews
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Book Heaven / Hell: Wiley Cash

We ask Wiley Cash, author of the haunting debut novel A Land More Kind Than Home, which book he would be happy to spend time with for eternity, and which would he find unbearably hellish to be stuck with?

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The March Competition
Posted On: March 30, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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The March Competition

It is officially still March, so three Bookhugger readers will win the following titles from our lovely publishers… Painter of Silence, by Georgina Harding; Blood on the Altar, by Tobias Jones; and Hunger Trace, by Ed Hogan.

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Take our survey and win £50 in National Book Tokens [closed]
Posted On: March 8, 2012
Posted In: Articles
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Take our survey and win £50 in National Book Tokens [closed]

We’re trying to find out more about our users – what books you read, where else you get your book news and reviews from and what you think of our websites.

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Amor Towles on the TV Book Club
Posted On: March 7, 2012
Posted In: Interviews, Video
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Amor Towles on the TV Book Club

Amor Towles discusses Rules of Civility. Set in New York City in 1938, the book tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent…

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A Q&A with Amor Towles
Posted On: March 2, 2012
Posted In: Interviews
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A Q&A with Amor Towles

Read on for some TV Book Club questions – and answers, with Amor Towles, author of Rules of Civility.

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The February Competition [closed]
Posted On: February 20, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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The February Competition [closed]

Three readers will win a wonderful mix of titles from our lovely publishers this month: Snow Child, by by Eowyn Ivey; The Bellwether Revivals, by Benjamin Wood; The Revelations, by Alex Preston, and Waiting for Sunrise, by William Boyd.

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A Q&A with Patrick de Witt
Posted On: February 14, 2012
Posted In: Interviews
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A Q&A with Patrick de Witt

Patrick deWitt’s first novel Ablutions was a huge critical success. Born in British Columbia, he has also lived in California, Washington, and Oregon, where he currently resides with his wife and son. Read on for some TV Book Club questions – and answers.

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The January Competition
Posted On: January 20, 2012
Posted In: Competitions
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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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Sarah Winman on When God Was a Rabbit
Posted On: January 5, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Sarah Winman on When God Was a Rabbit

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.

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Louise Young on My Dear, I Wanted To Tell You
Posted On: January 4, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Louise Young on My Dear, I Wanted To Tell You

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.

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Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens: A Life
Posted On: January 3, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens: A Life

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.

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SJ Watson on Before I Go To Sleep
Posted On: January 2, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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SJ Watson on Before I Go To Sleep

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.

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Emma Donoghue on Room
Posted On: January 1, 2012
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Emma Donoghue on Room

Watch an exclusive interview with Emma Donoghue, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: WH Smith Paperback of the Year for Room

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Simon Hopkinson on The Good Cook
Posted On: December 31, 2011
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Simon Hopkinson on The Good Cook

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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Patrick Ness on A Monster Calls
Posted On: December 30, 2011
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Patrick Ness on A Monster Calls

Watch an exclusive interview with Patrick Ness, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: National Book Tokens Children’s Book of the Year, for A Monster Calls.

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Jennifer Egan on A Visit From The Goon Squad
Posted On: December 28, 2011
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Jennifer Egan on A Visit From The Goon Squad

Watch an exclusive interview with Jennifer Egan, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: International Author of the Year, for A Visit From The Goon Squad.

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Merry Christmas from Bookhugger!
Posted On: December 25, 2011
Posted In: Articles
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Merry Christmas from Bookhugger!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Bookhugger Crew and all of our publishers! We hope you have enjoyed the site and we look forward to bringing you the best books and authors in 2012. In the meantime, why not have a go at winning a 32gb wifi iPad 2!

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Alan Hollinghurst on The Stranger’s Child
Posted On: December 24, 2011
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Alan Hollinghurst on The Stranger’s Child

Watch an exclusive interview with Alan Hollinghurst, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: UK Author of the Year, for .

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Dawn French on A Tiny Bit Marvellous
Posted On: December 23, 2011
Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
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Dawn French on A Tiny Bit Marvellous

Watch an exclusive interview with Dawn French, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: Popular Fiction Book of the Year, for A Tiny Bit Marvellous.

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