Middlesex Reading Group Guide

Sprawling across eight decades – and one unusually awkward adolescence – Jeffrey Eugenides’ long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.

Discover Ed King, by David Guterson

Read an extract from the new novel by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars, a dazzling, darkly funny, extraordinary modern take on an ancient tragedy…

Who is Lilly Bere?

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.

An extract from On Canaan’s Side

Sebastian Barry’s On Canaan’s Side, a story of family, conflict, the Irish diaspora and the secret history of America told by Lilly Bere of the Dunne family, has been longlisted for this year’s Man Booker Prize.

A Motorcycle for a Horse, by Willy Vlautin

Listen to a spoken word short story by Willy Vlautin, frontman of the band Richmond Fontaine, and author of the novels Lean on Pete, Northline and The Motel Life. The story features characters from Lean on Pete, and music by Richmond Fontaine.

Destination… Murder? Part One

Faber Editor Katerine Armstrong has gone on sabbatical. As a crime fiction fan she’s decided to explore some of the crime fiction writers – and their characters – that she may encounter on her travels.

This first article features Katherine’s favourite American authors…

The Booklist: Travel writing

Just as you’re about to go back to work after your summer holidays, Bookhugger’s publishers suggest some fine travel titles to get that wanderlust going again…

Summer Reading Choices: Lucy Worsley

George Miller has been asking a few authors about their choice of holiday reading for 2010.

First up is Lucy Worsley, author of Courtiers: The Secret History of Kensington Palace.

The Booklist: Land of the free, home of the brave

From romantic yet seedy roadside motels to the hisotry of Wall Street, from the Great Depression to post-war Hollywood, Bookhugger’s publishers present a selection of their best American fiction and non-fiction.

Read the first chapter of Orange Prize-shortlisted Black Water Rising

Enjoy Chapter One of Orange Prize for Fiction-shortlisted thriller Black Water Rising by Attica Locke – big oil and its twin, corporate corruption, meet their match with attorney Jay Porter.

March non-fiction round-up

Enjoy Bookhugger’s roundup of the fantastically diverse non-fiction titles that have hit the bookshops this March – from Mussolini to the Mafia, and Eastenders to Okinawa, it’s all here.

Download a chapter from American Rust

Set in a beautiful but dying Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises from its loss.

Watch the trailer for Willy Vlautin’s Lean On Pete

From the acclaimed author ofThe Motel Life and Northline and frontman for the band Richmond Fontaine, comes a hugely moving slice of Americana.

The February Competition [closed]

Win great new titles from Faber, Simon & Schuster, Canongate and Sceptre in February’s fabulous Bookhugger competition!

Peter Carey Q&A

Peter Carey discusses Parrot and Olivier in America, the dazzling, complex and highly enjoyable eleventh novel from the twice-winner of the Booker Prize.

Barbara Kingsolver on The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver wasn’t able to come to the UK for publication of her spellbinding new novel The Lacuna (though she hope to visit in 2010), so Faber did the next best thing – went to her with their questions.

America meets Pakistan in The Duel

Pakistan stands on the front line of the war against terror. Yet this long-time ally of the West is in deepening crisis. A range of forces threaten to tip the country into a full-blown civil war.

Read an extract from Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls

A debut novel based on the extraordinary life of Jeannette Walls’ maternal grandmother – a sassy, straight-talking heroine for whom saving lives, taming wild horses and beating ranch hands at poker are all in a day’s work.

Andrew Sean Greer on The Story of a Marriage

Set in 1950s San Francisco, The Story of a Marriage is Andrew Sean Greer’s sensual, heartbreaking love story about how you can never truly know the ones you love.

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