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SJ Watson on Before I Go To Sleep
Posted On: January 2, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Emma Donoghue on Room
Posted On: January 1, 2012Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Emma Donoghue, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: WH Smith Paperback of the Year for Room
Read More...Simon Hopkinson on The Good Cook
Posted On: December 31, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Patrick Ness on A Monster Calls
Posted On: December 30, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Jennifer Egan on A Visit From The Goon Squad
Posted On: December 28, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Alan Hollinghurst on The Stranger’s Child
Posted On: December 24, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Watch an exclusive interview with Alan Hollinghurst, Winner of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011: UK Author of the Year, for
Dawn French on A Tiny Bit Marvellous
Posted On: December 23, 2011Posted In: Articles, Interviews, Video
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
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.
Read More...Yvvette Edwards discusses A Cupboard Full of Coats
Posted On: December 8, 2011Posted In: Extracts, Interviews, Video
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Yvvette Edwards reads from her Man Booker Prize longlisted novel, explains how she developed her characters, and discusses some of the key themes in the book.
Read More...P.D. James in conversation
Posted On: November 24, 2011Posted In: Audio, Interviews, Video
Publisher: Faber
P. D. James introduces and discusses Death Comes to Pemberley
Read More...Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time
Posted On: November 9, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
In My Beautiful Genome, Lone Frank provides the first truly intimate account of the new science of consumer-led genomics. Watch the author discuss genes and destiny and her family’s genetic history.
Read More...Noel Fielding is the Madcap Shambleton
Posted On: October 27, 2011Posted In: Video
Publisher: Canongate
Comedian, actor and artist Noel Fielding is best known for playing Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh with comedy partner Julian Barratt and as a team captain on TV show Never Mind The Buzzcocks. His new TV series will be shown on E4 in the autumn. Watch him do some painting.
Read More...Win copies of The Women of the Cousins’ War, by Philippa Gregory [closed]
Posted On: October 6, 2011Posted In: Competitions, Extracts, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
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We have three copies of Philippa Gregory’s latest beautifully illustrated work, with rare portraits and source materials, as well as fascinating insights into the inspiration behind her writing. To enter read the extracts and watch the video…
Read More...Anna Reid discusses her new book Leningrad
Posted On: October 5, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Bloomsbury
On 8 September 1941, eleven short weeks after Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet Union, Leningrad was surrounded. Had the city fallen, the history of the Second World War – and of the twentieth century – would have been very different.
Read More...Transformation.
Posted On: September 30, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Canongate
Watch an interview with teenage author, Ben Brooks, whose Grow up is out now via Canongate.
Read More...Daljit Nagra explores Britishness…
Posted On: September 28, 2011Posted In: Articles, Extracts, Video
Publisher: Faber
Daljit Nagra’s remarkable debut marked the arrival of a thrilling new voice in poetry. In Tippoo Sultan’s Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!!, his second volume, his writing shows every bit the same verve and excitement that made his first book an unmissable event.
Read More...A reading from A Discovery of Witches
Posted On: September 15, 2011Posted In: Extracts, Video
Publisher: Headline
Deborah Harkness reads from the first few scenes of the book in which Diana Bishop – a witch and historian – realises that she’s not alone in the Bodleian Library… We’re running an exclusive competition on Friday to win a signed 1st edition, so listen to the extract carefully!
Read More...Stef Penney on The Invisible Ones
Posted On: September 13, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Quercus Books
Watch the author of The Tenderness of Wolves discuss her latest novel, published recently by Quercus Books.
Read More...Discussing Edward Thomas and Gothic Fiction
Posted On: September 9, 2011Posted In: Audio, Video
Publisher: Faber
George Miller discusses gothic fiction with Richard T. Kelly, author of the spine-chilling The Possessions of Doctor Forrest, and talks to Matthew Hollis about his new book, Now All Roads Lead to France, about the final years in the life of war poet Edward Thomas.
Read More...Bed, by David Whitehouse
Posted On: September 7, 2011Posted In: Video
Publisher: Canongate
David Whitehouse has made this short film, together with film director James Lees, to celebrate the launch of his novel Bed, published by Canongate.
Read More...A walking tour of Oxford with Deborah Harkness
Posted On: September 6, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Headline
Join the author and fans of A Discovery of Witches on a walking tour of Oxford, with commentary from about her inspiration for the book, published in paperback on 29th September, the first of the All Souls Trilogy. Watch for an exclusive competition later this month…
Read More...A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In
Posted On: September 2, 2011Posted In: Video
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Watch the book trailer for Magnus Mills’ A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In.
Read More...Who is Lilly Bere?
Posted On: August 31, 2011Posted In: Extracts, Interviews, Video
Publisher: Faber
Earlier this month we posted a great Q & A with Sebastian Barry, author of the Booker longlisted On Canaan’s Side, and his Faber editor, Angus Cargill. Now we have a couple of films of the author himself, filmed at his home in County Wicklow, Ireland.
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