8 crimes that inspired fiction
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The seven best literary festivals
No Glastonbury? No matter, this year’s literary festivals are the highlight of our alfresco cultural calendar.…
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Cooking with Poo: The world’s weirdest book…
We’ve heard some amusing and bizarre book titles in our time – in fact we made a whole list of book names that…
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2012’s Hottest Debuts
We’ve all got our favourite authors, but there’s something extra special about turning the pages of a…
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Design a cover competition
What would some of modern fiction's greatest titles look like if they were designed by you? We want you to…
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Kevin's international covers
From Taiwan to Sweden, Lionel Shriver's bestselling novel, We Need To Talk About Kevin, has been a smash hit and…
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The Library Book
Saturday, February 4 is National Libraries Day and to celebrate and raise support for our libraries, 23 top…
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Do you know your Dickens?
As you’ve no doubt noticed, 2012 marks the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth. There’s a feast of films,…
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Literary quotes to cure a bad mood
Christmas is officially over after today, it's cold outside and the prospect of crawling back under the duvet and…
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