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Here Comes Everybody
Posted On: May 23, 2012
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Here Comes Everybody

James Fearnley is a founding member of The Pogues. Thirty years on, with the band now part of music folklore and still touring, we have Here Comes Everybody, a warts-and-all, riotous history. But how would it go down with the band?

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Introducing Bloomsbury Circus
Posted On: May 14, 2012
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Introducing Bloomsbury Circus

Bookhugger presents the first of several extracts from Bloomsbury Publishing’s new imprint, Bloomsbury Circus.

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Bookhugger needs Real Readers!
Posted On: April 25, 2012
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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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Nine Strange Ways The World Could End…
Posted On: April 20, 2012
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Nine Strange Ways The World Could End…

Celebrate the year of the Mayan Apocalypse in style with Megacatastrophes!, as Dr David Darling and Dr Dirk Schulze-Makuch delve into the amazing science of the end of the world.

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The Spider King’s Daughter
Posted On: April 10, 2012
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The Spider King’s Daughter

Chibundu Onuzo, author of The Spider King’s Daughter on getting published by Faber and Faber.

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The Gods of Gotham extract and trailer
Posted On: March 19, 2012
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The Gods of Gotham extract and trailer

The Alienist meets Gangs of New York, Lyndsay Faye’sThe Gods of Gotham is a strikingly vivid and compelling historical novel – and we have 5 signed proof copies to give away later this month!

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Less is More
Posted On: March 16, 2012
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Less is More

According to Doug Johnstone…

I’ll keep this short, because that’s the point. Less is more, and all that.

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William Gay, 1941-2012
Posted On: March 14, 2012
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William Gay, 1941-2012

Faber’s Angus Cargill remembers writer William Gay, (a firm Bookhugger favourite), whom Faber published in the UK, who died recently…

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No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan
Posted On: March 9, 2012
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No Worse Enemy: The Inside Story of the Chaotic Struggle for Afghanistan

In this powerful and shocking exposé from the front lines in Helmand province, leading journalist and documentary-maker Ben Anderson (HBO, Panorama, and Dispatches) shows just how bad it has got…

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Take our survey and win £50 in National Book Tokens [closed]
Posted On: March 8, 2012
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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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Watch the trailer, and read an extract fromThe Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey
Posted On: February 16, 2012
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Watch the trailer, and read an extract fromThe Snow Child, by Eowyn Ivey

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, The Snow Child is a magical novel with a distinctly grown-up sensibility.

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Francois Lelord on Hector
Posted On: February 7, 2012
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Francois Lelord on Hector

The author discusses the origins of his central character, Hector, from the best-selling series of books…

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Pascal Garnier – in his own words
Posted On: January 25, 2012
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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…

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An extract from Something of the Night, by Ian Marchant
Posted On: January 24, 2012
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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…

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What secrets wash up on the tide?
Posted On: January 18, 2012
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What secrets wash up on the tide?

Listen to the podcast for Penny Hancock’s debut novel, Tideline

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Biography is Dead…
Posted On: January 10, 2012
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Biography is Dead…

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.

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Faber’s Cultural Highlights of 2011 – Part Three
Posted On: January 6, 2012
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Faber’s Cultural Highlights of 2011 – Part Three

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.

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Sarah Winman on When God Was a Rabbit
Posted On: January 5, 2012
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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