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Read an extract from The Good Muslim
Posted On: June 2, 2011Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
Dowload the prologue and first scenes of Tahmima Anam’s new novel The Good Muslim.
Read More...Tahmima Anam talks about her new novel The Good Muslim
Posted On: May 31, 2011Posted In: Interviews, Video
Publisher: Canongate
Tahmima Anam, author of the critically acclaimed debut A Golden Age, takes to the streets of her home city, Dhaka, Bangladesh, to talk us through the historical, political and cultural backdrop to her new novel The Good Muslim.
Read More...A smart, accessible history of philosophy to inspire readers young and old
Posted On: July 21, 2010Posted In: Articles, Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
Download an extract from Luc Ferry’s refreshing take on the history of philosophy and its tumultuous relationship with religion.
Read More...The Gospel According to Matthew: introduction by A.N. Wilson
Posted On: April 1, 2010Posted In: Extracts
Publisher: Canongate
The following is A.N. Wilson’s introduction to the Gospel According to Matthew. It was originally published in The Pocket Canons and is now available in The Four Gospels, published by Canongate.
Read More...Philip Pullman: How Stories Become Stories
Posted On: April 1, 2010Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Canongate
In The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, Philip Pullman takes us back two thousand years to the time of Jesus, for his own version of the New Testament story. Here, he explains some of his ambitions in his approach to the world’s most influential myth.
Read More...Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter – a note from the author
Posted On: February 3, 2010Posted In: Articles, Video
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
“When I talk to readers about my book I often lead with a joke that goes something like this: My last book Vows, was about how my father the Catholic priest met my mother the Catholic nun, so it was inevitable that my next book would be about Yiddish.”
Read More...The Crusades – download an exclusive extract
Posted On: December 4, 2009Posted In: Extracts, News
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Download an exclusive extract from Thomas Asbridge’s The Crusades, which is published in January 2010.
Read More...The Bookhugger Author Panel: Reportage
Posted On: August 8, 2009Posted In: Author panels
Publisher: The Bookhugger Crew
Bookhugger asked three top-notch non-fiction writers to tell us about the techniques they use to research, imagine and depict their subjects.
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