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South Bank Show to feature David Peace
11 May 2008
Serpent's Tail author David Peace is to be the subject of a South Bank Show special this coming weekend.
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Download a BOY A guide for reading groups here today
24 April 2008
It's a book that refuses to leave you once you've started it, and one of the few that deserves that much bandied about term - unputdownable.
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The Times names 50 best crime writers - 4 are Serpent's Tail authors
21 April 2008
The respected crime critic Marcel Berlins has compiled a list of the top 50 crime writers for the Times of London.
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Andrew Garfield wins best actor Bafta for BOY A
21 April 2008
Rising star Andrew Garfield beat strong competition at last night's Bafta awards to walk away with the Best Actor Prize.
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SWANSEA TERMINAL is longlisted for the Wales Book of the Year prize
17 March 2008
The second book from Robert Lewis, SWANSEA TERMINAL follows his debut THE LAST LLANELLI TRAIN, both of which feature hard-drinking, tough-living private detective Robert Llewellyn, or Magnum to his friends.
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BOY A is the World Book Day - Book To Talk About
7 March 2008
BOY A by Jonathan Trigell has been voted best "book to talk about" in a public poll organised as part of World Book Day.
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Old Devil Moon shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Awards
18 February 2008
The Horror Writers' Association of America has announced the shortlists for the 2007 Bram Stoker Awards.
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CASTORP is shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
25 January 2008
After his earlier novel, MERCEDES-BENZ making the IFF shortlist in 2006, we are delighted to announce that Pawel Huelle's CASTORP has been included on the longlist.
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CRUEL POETRY is shortlisted for an Edgar
21 January 2008
The prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Awards are the annual prizes nominated by the Mystery Writers of America organisation. Vicki Hendricks' erotic noir thriller, CRUEL POETRY has been nominated in the 'Best Paperback Original Category'.
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And the winner is... Books of the Year mentions
20 December 2007
It's annual round-up time, when newspapers and magazines ask reviewers, writers and all-round mavens to nominate their books of the year. We've had an embarassment of riches this year - mentions include...
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Events
Lionel Shriver at the Guardian Newsroom
12 May 2008
We Need to Talk about Kevin is this month's Guardian Review Book Club choice, and Lionel Shriver will be at the Newsroom on Farringdon Rd to talk about the book.
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Joe Boyd recalls May 1968
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As part of the events to mark the 40th anniversary of May 1968, Joe Boyd will be taking part in a special panel event at the South Bank (Purcell Room).
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The Prophet Murders Event - a Polari Evening
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The charmingly entertaining Mehmet Murat Somer is in London shortly to launch The Prophet Murders.
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Alex Wheatle appears at the African Caribbean Library in Battersea
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The Dirty South is set in Brixton, south London, so it seems fitting to mark publication with an event close by.
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Hot Deals/Free Stuff
Win copies of THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER
21 April 2008
We've got ten copies of The Semantics of Murder to give away to the first correct answers to this month's newsletter competition question.
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Get 25% off when you order books for your book club
15th February 2008
We know that we need to talk about Kevin, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. read more
New books
The Dirty South
It’s a generation on from Wheatle’s East of Acre Lane, and the soundtrack has changed from reggae to hip hop, but the career options open to young black males are still brutally limited.
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Small Crimes
A superb noir thriller is the UK debut of hot new talent Dave Zeltserman. read more
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The Prophet Murders
Something’s gone seriously wrong in Istanbul - a killer is on the loose, and transvestites are being murdered, the modus operandi becoming increasingly bizarre with each death. Our protagonist – f... read more
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Skin Lane
Shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Novel Award, Skin Lane is part fairy-tale, part hair-raising thriller. read more
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Fortunate Son
In spite of remarkable differences, Eric and Tommy are as close as brothers. Eric, a Nordic Adonis, is graced by a seemingly endless supply of good fortune, Tommy is a sickly black boy, cursed with he... read more
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Venice is a Fish
Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. read more
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In Defence of Atheism
In the twenty-first century, religion is making a comeback, bringing in its wake extremism of all kinds. From Christian anti-abortion campaigns to suicide bombers claiming the righteousness of Islam, ... read more
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African Psycho
First UK publication of one of Africa’s most talented living authors. read more
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The Gospel According to Luke
Aggie Grey is a jaded sexual health counsellor who finds herself having to defend her abortion clinic against the attacks of a radical new fundamentalist sect. Pastor Luke Butler is young, idealistic ... read more
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The Isle of Dogs
Anytown, England. Jeremy Shepherd has reached post-ambition, giving up the trappings of his London life (flash job, flash cars, even flashier girlfriends) and moved back to his home town and his paren... read more
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The Semantics of Murder
Jay Hamilton lives a comfortable life in fashionable west London, listening to the minor and major dysfunctions of the over-privileged clients who frequent his psychoanalysis practice. But the darker ... read more
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Cleaning Up
A tour of one woman's life with alcohol, and why she decided to give it up. read more
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The Belly of the Atlantic
Salie lives in Paris. Back home on the Senegalese island of Niodior, her football-crazy brother, Madické, counts on her to get him to France, the promised land where foreign footballers become world ... read more
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