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An insight into North Korea

- May 20th, 2013

All Woman and Springtime

Brandon Jones, author of All Woman and Springtime, discusses some of the truths he uncovered about North Korea, one of the most mysterious and unknown countries on earth.

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The New Ideas of He and She in Today’s Culture

- May 14th, 2013

Golden Boy

Abigail Tarttelin, author of Golden Boy, blogs about the inspiration behind the novel and new ideas of gender in the media.

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Maria Semple shortlisted for the Women’s Fiction Prize 2013

- April 16th, 2013

Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Sempler

To celebrate we are giving away five advance proof copies!

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Eva Weaver on writing a novel set in the Warsaw ghetto

- April 11th, 2013

The Puppet Boy of Warsaw by Eva Weaver

Our guest blogger Eva Weaver explores how the image of a pocket coat inspired her Second World War novel The Puppet Boy of Warsaw, set in the Warsaw ghetto, and the capacity for arts to strengthen the human spirit in dark times. It all started with a coat…. or rather with an image – a sentence that emerged from a stream-of-consciousness writing exercise amongst a group of artists I had gathered to dream up a new performance project. It was the picture of a large black coat with a multitude of small, hidden pockets, harbouring many personal treasures:…

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Coincidence?

- April 9th, 2013

Have you ever experienced a coincidence that seems too strange to be true? And is there such a thing as fate? One of our many wonderful new books this year is the fantastic The Coincidence Authority by JW Ironmonger, out in September. Last year, Ironmonger was shortlisted for the First Novel in the Costa Book Awards for The Notable Brain of Maximilian Ponder, and we have high hopes that the next novel will also get the recognition it so deserves. This is a novel about love in a random universe, about two lost souls each with…

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