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1 day ago by bibliobibuli

This year's Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction has gone to a book about whales, Philip Hoare's Leviathan which has been described as : ... part natural history, part literary criticism, part economics and part memoir but at its heart is the author's lifelong obsession for all things whale.Hoare ap ...

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2 days ago by Citizen Reader

For years Nick Hornby wrote a column in The Believer magazine about his monthly reading habits; in each column he would list the books he bought that month, the books he read (and those two lists seldom corresponded), and then shared his thoughts about what he was reading. Because he is British, he ...

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2 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Alexandra interviews Tom Eglington, author of The Spellbound Hotel ( reviewed here). In The Spellbound Hotel, Quinn is my favourite character. Where did you get the inspiration for him? The inspiration for Quinn came from a number of places. One of my favourite films is Harvey, a story about a giant ...

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5 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Promising "bling, boys and (Gucci) bagfuls of glamour", WAGS' World is a British teen series about the sixteen-year-old girlfriend of a teenage footballer. The second book, Knowing the Score, is released this week. "Amy Thornton is sixteen and planning a perfect summer in London with her lush footba ...

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5 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Review by Amber. "You promised!" I say. "You said I'd never have to see him again, not after what he did to us! He left us, Mum, he walked away. You said he was scum! You said we were well shot of him, that we'd make out like he never existed!" Scarlett spells trouble with a capital T. It's not her ...

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9 days ago by bibliobibuli

London is the literary capital of the world? Not any more, according to Boyd Tonkin in today's Independent: Our carnival of pluralism rolls merrily on, fit adornment for a global city-state. Yet, a mere generation ago, literary life in London meant something utterly alien to today's cosmopolitan spr ...

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10 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Review by Carly Bennett. I’m going to be honest, I started reading Bang, Bang, You’re Dead! feeling very unsure as to whether I would enjoy it or not. The blurb on the back made the story sound more suitable for young teens and I really didn’t think it was going to be my cup of tea. However, as usua ...

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11 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Review by Luisa. Jinx Slater is happy to be in the lower sixth at Stagmount, England's most exclusive school for girls. Her ground floor window makes it easy to access Brighton's nightlife, and that's just what she intends to do, together with her friends. But her best friend Liberty has a very stri ...

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12 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Review by Amber "Auntie's coming over from India to live with us," Dad said. "She's going to look after us. Won't that be nice?" He stared intently at his plate. Amber, Geena and Jazz are three sisters. Their Mum has died, so their Dad looks after them. They all get what they want, as they know how ...

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13 days ago by Luisa Plaja

Review by Kiran. Amber wants to escape. She is just like any other 18 year old - she can’t wait to leave home and head off to university for three blissful years away from family responsibilities. But after she is forced to cancel a girl’s trip abroad to please her younger sister, Amber future is th ...

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