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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!
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Unforgettable classics – more ideas for summer reading
Summer is the perfect time to dive into some challenging reading. Long lazy days and warm evenings are ideal for books that require a bit of focus and extended periods of reading to suck you in.
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Brad Pitt takes AMERICANAH to the screen
Great news for fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book Americanah, amongst whom I count myself.
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Fabulous foreign fiction prize – how I travel without leaving the sofa
The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize is a literary prize worth paying attention to. It selects the best fiction from around the world and rewards the unsung heros of the publishing world – the translators – as well as the authors. The £ 10,000 prize money is shared between the author and the translator.
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Brilliant AMERICANAH by Adichie wins National Book Critics Circle award
One of my favourite books, and indeed authors, Americanah by Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has just won the National Book Critics Circle’s fiction award, a prestigious American literary prize.
