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Win a VIP Pass for two to YARNFest 2011 [closed]
Posted On: February 7, 2011
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Win a VIP Pass for two to YARNFest 2011 [closed]

To celebrate Bookhugger’s sponsorship of storytelling festival YARNFest 2011, we are pleased to announce a competition for one lucky winner to win a VIP pass that will admit two people to ALL of the YARN Events, as well as additional goodies from Bookhugger and participating authors and publishers.

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Bookhugger sponsors YARNFest 2011
Posted On: February 6, 2011
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Bookhugger sponsors YARNFest 2011

YARNFest 2011, once again sponsored by Bookhugger, is well and truly back for 2011 and will be running some very exciting events 19th – 23rd Feb across The Book Club, The Queen of Hoxton and Concrete in East London.

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Win tickets to see Hilary Mantel at the Borders Book Festival [closed]
Posted On: June 1, 2010
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Win tickets to see Hilary Mantel at the Borders Book Festival [closed]

Hilary Mantel has been the talk of the literary establishment this year after her Booker Prize win for Wolf Hall. We have three pairs of tickets to see her talk at this year’s Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival, sponsored by Bookhugger, on Friday the 18th of June.

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Make Live Art!
Posted On: April 28, 2010
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Make Live Art!

Inspired by the boundless imagination of author David Mitchell comes a day of interactive, innovative art. Join Sceptre and Subject to Change in the top gallery at Candid Arts Trust and participate in the construction of your own miniature community.

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Nick Kent and I
Posted On: March 30, 2010
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Nick Kent and I

Faber’s Angus Cargill describes his first encounter with the work of music journalist Nick Kent.

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Today is World Book Day
Posted On: March 4, 2010
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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.

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World Book Day is approaching
Posted On: February 26, 2010
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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!

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Festival preview: Jewish Book Week, 27 February to 7 March
Posted On: February 21, 2010
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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!

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Independent Thinking, from Foyles and Faber
Posted On: February 14, 2010
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Independent Thinking, from Foyles and Faber

‘Independent Thinking’ is a programme of events in which experts from a range of fields present new ideas and perspectives on the subjects close to their heart. Each month one author will outline their take on a subject in a short manifesto which will be followed up at the end of the month with a thought-provoking talk or debate.

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Win a pair of tickets to Literary Death Match, part of YARNfest 2010 [closed]
Posted On: February 10, 2010
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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!

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Festival preview: The London Word Festival, 7 March – 1 April 2010
Posted On: February 9, 2010
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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.

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Win a pair of tickets to Four Stories High, part of YARNfest 2010 [closed]
Posted On: February 8, 2010
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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…

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Bookhugger sponsors YARNfest – celebrating story and storytelling
Posted On: January 30, 2010
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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.

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Faber’s 80th Birthday Poetry Extravaganza
Posted On: October 8, 2009
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Faber’s 80th Birthday Poetry Extravaganza

To mark National Poetry Day, we have highlights from Faber’s 80th anniversary evening at the Soutbank Centre in London (October 2009). Featuring Seamus Heaney, Wendy Cope, Daljit Nagra, Alice Oswald and Paul Muldoon reading from their own work.

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