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An online literary magazine featuring the best content from the UK's leading publishers.
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Publisher: Sceptre

Sceptre publishes literary fiction and non-fiction that is designed to entertain but also to be stimulating, enlightening and to cast fresh light on the familiar. Their authors have won prizes from the Booker to the Prix Goncourt, come from around the globe, and cover a wide range of themes and subjects. What they have in common is skill, talent, intelligence and imagination, a passion for the written word and a belief in the value of literature.
Read an extract of A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
Posted On: August 13, 2009
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Read an extract of A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

On the eve of World War II in a place called Half-Village, a man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. Using his ‘golden hands’ he decides to turn her family’s modest hut into a beautiful home, and build his way into her heart.

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Extract and reading guide for One Morning Like a Bird
Posted On: July 23, 2009
Posted In: Extracts, Reading Groups
Publisher: Extract and reading guide for One Morning Like a Bird

Read an extract from Andrew Miller’s critically acclaimed novel, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

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Chris Cleave’s suggested Wikipedia entry for Sceptre
Posted On: July 8, 2009
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Chris Cleave’s suggested Wikipedia entry for Sceptre

Chris Cleave, author of the Costa-shortlisted The Other Hand, takes his life in his hands and lifts the curtain on the shady truth about Bookhugger publishers Sceptre.

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Video interview: John le Carré
Posted On: June 27, 2009
Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Video interview: John le Carré

As BBC Radio 4 embarks on an extensive programme of dramatising John le Carré’s famous George Smiley novels, we have an extended interview with the master about his latest book, A Most Wanted Man, recently released in paperback, which focuses on the challenges confronting the intelligence services post-9/11.

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Read chapter one of Glen David Gold’s Sunnyside
Posted On: June 11, 2009
Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Read chapter one of Glen David Gold’s Sunnyside

Sunnyside, Glen David Gold’s long-awaited second book, is published on June 25th 2009. If you can’t wait until then you can read the first chapter here on Bookhugger today.

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Win a signed copy of Sunnyside by Glen David Gold [closed]
Posted On: June 1, 2009
Posted In: Competitions
Publisher: Win a signed copy of Sunnyside by Glen David Gold [closed]

To celebrate the impending release of Glen David Gold’s long-awaited second novel, we have five signed copies of the hardback edition to give away. Winning one should be enough to put anyone on the sunny side of the street!

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