Independent Bookseller of the Month: Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton, West Sussex

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.

100 Stories for Haiti: From Concept to Book in Six Weeks!

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.”

Today is World Book Day

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.

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!

February crime round-up

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

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!

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.

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…

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!

Win a pair of tickets to Literary Death Match, part of YARNfest 2010 [closed]

It’s literature’s answer to the X-Factor, a titanic struggle of (t)wits to see who can triumph, it can only be… Opium’s Literary Death Match. It’s back in London, and we have a pair of tickets to be won!

Festival preview: The London Word Festival, 7 March – 1 April 2010

London’s pioneering celebration of words, text and language returns for a third year, playing host to the most adventurous programme yet. Bringing to light the finest array of artists working with words.

Win a pair of tickets to Four Stories High, part of YARNfest 2010 [closed]

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…

This Valentine’s Day, say it with Bookhugger… [closed]

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!

100 Stories for Haiti

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.

Independent Bookseller of the Month: Camden Lock Books, Old Street Station, London

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.

Bookhugger sponsors YARNfest – celebrating story and storytelling

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.

The January Competition [closed]

Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate, Hodder & Stoughton and Gallic Books in January’s fabulous competition!

Catcher in the Rye author JD Salinger dies, aged 91

Reclusive novelist JD Salinger died of natural causes at his home.

Read full details on the BBC website

The Book Doctor is in the house

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?

January Non-fiction Round-up

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.