From Shakespeare to the Restoration, Victorian and modern eras this topic reintroduces some obscure or forgotten authors, who deserve to be neither, while recognising some writers who are household names thanks to Booker and Orange Prizes, literary colonialism or well-earned reputation.
From John Milton and Oscar Wilde to Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, Nick Hornby and Zadie Smith to Thomas Hardy and James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw and Aldous Huxley to George Eliot and Charlotte Bronte, Ian McEwan and Jeanette Winterson to Salmon Rushdie and Iris Murdoch and dozens of others debuting as we speak, we'll let you know what's hot, what's overrated, and what to buy that reluctant reader.
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Review of Val McDermid's Fever of the Bone
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Val McDermid's latest thriller sees DCI Carol Jordan investigating a string of brutal murders - but this time she must do it without the help of profiler Tony Hill. more...
Review of C J Sansom's Revelation
C J Sansom's latest adventure set in the time of Henry VIII sees Matthew Shardlake face his most dangerous enemy yet. more...
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A profile of the world's best-selling writer, whose novels have now sold around 4 billion copies. more...
Colfer's Hitchhiker's Sequel: And Another Thing
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Penguin are set to launch Eoin Colfer's official Hitchhiker's sequel on October 12th 2009, continuing Douglas Adams' cult series. more...
Review of Louis de Bernieres' Notwithstanding
Louis de Bernieres' new book is an entertaining collection of short stories subtitled "Stories from an English Village", and features an engaging selection of eccentrics. more...
Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary
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Today marks the tricentenary of the birth of Dr Samuel Johnson, the author of the first major English dictionary. more...
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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is one of the biggest awards in the literary world - who is in the running for this year's title? more...
Review of Lynda La Plante's The Red Dahlia
La Plante's second thriller featuring Detective Inspector Anna Travis tells the gruesome story of a copycat killer, re-enacting a series of murders from the 1940s. more...
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga: Book Review
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By: Preetam Kaushik
Discussion Questions for John Bunyan
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Melissa Howard
What is The Pilgrim's Progress
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By:
Melissa Howard
Georgette Heyer's My Lord John
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By: Kathy Hahn
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