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Latest News
Ridley Scott to remake David Peace's RED RIDING
27 November 2009
The director of Blade Runner, Gladiator and Alien is to take David Peace's RED RIDING books, relocate them to the US, and remake them for cinema.
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Kate Pullinger wins the Canadian GOVERNOR GENERAL's prize for THE MISTRESS OF NOTHING
18 November 2009
Kate Pullinger has been announced as the recipient of the 2009 Governor General's Prize for THE MISTRESS OF NOTHING.
'A highly sensual evocation of place and time, Kate Pullinger’s
The Mistress of Nothing is a journey down the Nile that explores the subtle complexities of power, race, class and love during the Victorian era.'
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Serpent's Tail author HERTA MÜLLER wins the Nobel Prize for Literature 2009
8 October 2009
Romanian-born, German author Herta Müller has been named as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Her book THE PASSPORT is a Serpent's Tail translation by Martin Chalmers - reprinting within 1 week of the prize announcement.
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Join the Friends of Serpent's Tail on FACEBOOK
14 August 2008
Yes, it's happened. We're on there.
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Events
Cathi Unsworth & David Peace at Waterstone's Notting Hill Gate
29 April 2010
Sure to be one of the hottest tickets of the spring - two of the best British crime novelists in conversation.
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Elizabeth Wilson & Cathi Unsworth at WISE WORDS festival
13 March 2010
CATHI UNSWORTH and ELIZABETH WILSON discuss writing thrillers
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Cathi Unsworth at AVANT-NOIR: Part of the London Word Festival
12 March 2010
London's leading lady of noir-lit will be reading from BAD PENNY BLUES as part of the London Word Festival on 12th March.
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Pawel Huelle at Jewish Book Week
This event has now taken place
Pawel Huelle has a cult following both in Poland and internationally. A novelist, playwright and newspaper columnist, he worked for Solidarity, was a university lecturer in philosophy and head of Gdansk’s local television channel.
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Amanda Smyth at Lancaster Lit Fest
This event has now taken place
The author of Black Rock will be appearling alongside to Monique Roffey as part of the Lit Fest on 17th March.
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New books
Black Rock
Celia’s mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives with Tassi in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi’s second... read more
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Bad Penny Blues
Police Constable Pete Bradley has done one year in the force and dreams of moving up the ladder. He's assigned as an aid to CID and working a routine nightshift with his partner when they stumble acro... read more
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War Damage
London in the aftermath of WW2 is a beaten down, hungry place, so it’s no wonder that Regine Milner’s Sunday house parties in her Hampstead home are so popular. Everyone comes to Reggie’s on a S... read more
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A Very British Coup
Former steel worker Harry Perkins, has, against all the odds, led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes the removal of American bases, public control o... read more
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Black Water Rising
Reminiscent of early John Grisham and Walter Mosley, this taut, fast-paced novel heralds an exciting and powerful new voice in fiction. Big oil and its twin, corporate corruption, meet their match wit... read more
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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives
To the dismay of her overbearingly ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a gr... read more
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The Passport
From the 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature read more
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The Loss Adjustor
Caro has a successful career as a loss adjustor in London. But unresolved losses of her own keep her trapped in the past. She is sustained by memories of a magical childhood shared with her best frien... read more
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More Miles Than Money
Inspired by Mark Twain, Jack Kerouac and American music, Garth Cartwright lands in San Francisco and lights out for the frontier. Traveling far beyond the McUSA of MTV and shopping malls he goes in se... read more
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Killer
When Leonard March was caught in the middle of a brutal shakedown operation he cut a deal to implicate mob boss, Salvatore Lombard, receiving in exchange 14 years in prison and immunity for all past c... read more
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The Passport
From the 2009 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature read more
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