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News by Julie
Bad Sex In Fiction Award 2014
One of my favourite literary awards, the Bad Sex in Ficton Award, was just announced and this year Ben Okri runs away with the prize for the sex depicted in his latest book The Age of Magic.
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He’s back!
Fantastic news here for all Jonathan Franzen fans after a five-year wait! His new novel called Purity will be out in September 2015. The author seduced both critics and the reading public with his book The Corrections in 2001, and was instantly recognised as an important new voice in American literature.
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DO NO HARM by Henry Marsh in the running for Costa Prize Biography Award 2014
I’m very excited to see my favourite book of late Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery on the short-list for the Costa Prize Biography Award for 2014.
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Nobel Prize for literature goes to Patrick who???
I am embarrassed to say that I’ve never heard of Patrick Modiano, this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. This seems to happen quite often with me and Nobel Prize winners.
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Film version of Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL opens to rave reviews
Remember Gillian Flynn’s bestselling thriller Gone Girl from a few years ago? The one where the wife goes missing under suspicious circumstances leaving the husband as the main suspect. Of course, it’s not that simple…
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Things to look forward to…
Coming soon… Murakami, Waters, Mitchell and McEwan.
My top picks from the list of upcoming releases. Pre-order now and be amongst the first to read them!
