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Nancy Goldstone

Nancy Goldstone is the author of Four Queens – The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe, Joanna and the forthcoming, The Maid and The Queen (December 2011). She lives in Connecticut, USA.

For more information visit her website.


The Great Gatsby: It’ll take your breath away

It would be very hard to miss the fact that Baz Luhrman’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby has hit cinemas this month. With Luhrman’s trademark flamboyance, fast-moving camera work and explosions of colour, the new film has been polarising the critics. So Becca, from our marketing team, went to see what all the fuss was about and report back for us.

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Fiction Uncovered

Alison takes a look at the eight titles in the 2013 promotion to celebrate British fiction writers.

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Win a signed copy of Danny Baker’s Going to Sea in a Sieve

Win a signed hardback copy of Going to Sea in a Sieve by Danny Baker

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An insight into North Korea

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

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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