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Costa Book Awards 2009
Writers including Hilary Mantel, Penelope Lively, Colm Toibin and Clive James will be hoping that their work will scoop this year's Costa Book of the Year Award.
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Booker Prize-Winning Writer Hilary Mantel
British writer Hilary Mantel hit the headlines recently when her novel Wolf Hall won the 2009 Booker Prize, yet her career as an author spans more than twenty years.
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Review of Jill Dawson's The Great Lover
Jill Dawson's inventive new novel imagines a fictional event in the life of English war poet Rupert Brooke - a relationship with a humble but spirited serving girl.
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Review of Val McDermid's Fever of the Bone
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.
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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.
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The Novels of Agatha Christie
A profile of the world's best-selling writer, whose novels have now sold around 4 billion copies.
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Colfer's Hitchhiker's Sequel: And Another Thing
Penguin are set to launch Eoin Colfer's official Hitchhiker's sequel on October 12th 2009, continuing Douglas Adams' cult series.
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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.
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Samuel Johnson's English Dictionary
Today marks the tricentenary of the birth of Dr Samuel Johnson, the author of the first major English dictionary.
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Man Booker Shortlist 2009
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?
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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.
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Review of Ian Rankin's Doors Open
Ian Rankin has followed up his phenomenally successful Rebus novels with the entertaining story of an art heist in Edinburgh that goes very wrong indeed.
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Review of C J Sansom's Sovereign
Sansom's third novel set in Tudor England sees lawyer Matthew Shardlake caught up in a web of deadly secrets and conspiracies that could bring down King Henry the Eighth.
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Review of C J Sansom's Dark Fire
The second novel in Sansom's series set in Tudor England featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake is a tightly plotted and violent thriller.
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Review of CJ Sansom's Dissolution
The first novel in Sansom's phenomenally successful series sees Matthew Shardlake sent to investigate a brutal murder at a corrupt monastery.
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Review of Jonathan Bate's Soul of the Age
Bate's new book is an engaging study of William Shakespeare and the age in which he lived, capturing the turbulence of the times as well as the brilliance of his subject.
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Review of Martina Cole's The Ladykiller
Martina Cole's second novel is a terrifying insight into the mind of a man who believes that violence against women is not only acceptable but necessary.
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Book Review of Missy by Chris Hannan
Hannan's first novel is an irresistible journey through the opium-addled streets of the nineteenth century American West, seen through the eyes of a witty flash-girl.
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Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2009
This year's Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Festival looks set to be better than ever, with readings from Mark Billingham, Lee Childe, Val McDermid and George Pelecanos.
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Review of Adam Foulds' The Quickening Maze
Adam Fould, himself an award-winning poet, has produced a stunning interpretation of poet John Clare's struggle with madness.
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Book Review – Martina Cole's The Take
With Sky 1's glossy adaptation of The Take currently showing, now is a great time to revisit the original novel behind the TV series.
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Biography of British Crime Author Stephen Booth
Stephen Booth has quietly established himself as one of Britain's leading crime writers, winning prestigious awards and building a loyal following of discerning readers.
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CWA Dagger Awards 2009
The nominations for the CWA Dagger in the Library Award 2009 have been revealed.
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Review of Kate Mosse's Sepulchre
Kate Mosse's most recent novel is a thrilling tale of murder, ghosts, and ill-fated love in nineteenth-century France.
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Review of Sophie Hannah's Hurting Distance
Award-winning poet Sophie Hannah's second psychological thriller is an engrossing page-turner in which a violent death unlocks the secrets of the past.
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