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New Talent Spotlight – Maggie Shipstead
Maggie Shipstead is the author of Seating Arrangements, the literary début of 2012. The novel has received an overwhelmingly positive reception, with reviewers so keen to cover this title that coverage has started to run even ahead of publication. ‘Wise, … Continue reading
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Reading Group Guide: The Fine Colour of Rust by Paddy O’Reilly
A reading group guide for Paddy O’Reilly’s witty and moving novel, The Fine Colour of Rust, can be downloaded here. The Fine Colour of Rust is a glorious, life-affirming novel about friendship, love and fighting for the things that matter. … Continue reading
Reviewed by The Press Book Shop: The Name of the Star
I read The Name of the Star over the weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is full of humour, yet is quite a good supernatural thriller, drawing in various strands of history in the form of Jack the Ripper, copycat murders. … Continue reading
Recommended by Bay Tree Books: August and then some
JT Savage has taken refuge in a new york tenament, a chronic insomniac, labouring to his physical limits. He’s hiding from his family, hiding from himself. In his wake lies the ghost of a seemingly typical suburban childhold, corroded by … Continue reading
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Tagged August and then some, David Prete, Fiction, New Books, New Talent
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Recommended by SilverDell: Department 19
From a bag full of proofs, I was first drawn by the cover, then I was hooked by the prologue – and then I was a goner until I’d finished reading Department 19!! I get so little time to read, … Continue reading
Recommended by Blackwell’s Edinburgh: Sanctus
‘Heralded as an ‘explosive apocalyptic conspiracy thriller’ Sanctus pulls plenty of punches. A fantastic read from a first time author. This is the first in what will be a very promising new series.’ Ellie, Blackwell’s Edinburgh
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Recommended by The Whitby Bookshop: Divergent
The global launch for this dystopian novel will be a real event in the YA world this summer, with buzz already building online amongst bloggers and on Twitter. The theme of ‘choice’ runs throughout Veronica Roth’s captivating debut as she … Continue reading
Recommended by The Cotswold Bookstore: The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
I received my proof copy of this debut novel in mid February and so, by the end of the second month of the year, I felt I had already read my favourite adult read of 2011. Samuel Lake is … Continue reading