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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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David Peace is GQ Writer of the Year
21 September 2007
Included among GQ's recipients of Men of the Year Awards 2007 were Kanye West (International Man of the Year), Michael Caine (Lifetime Achievement) - and none other than David Peace.
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Latest 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
9 May 2008
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
This event has now taken place
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
This event has now taken place
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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