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Rick Gokoski answers questions exclusively for newbooks

11th August, 2009

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Have Your Say

29th September, 2008

We have several topics on the forum including 'Your Favourite Book about World War II' and 'Overlooked Books and Authors'. To join in and have your say simply click on the link below.

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Have Your Say

29th September, 2008

We have several topics on the forum including 'Your Favourite Book about World War II' and 'Overlooked Books and Authors'. To join in and have your say simply click on the link below.

www.newbooksmag.com/forum

 

Julie Myerson

10th March, 2009

Nicholas Clee gets exclusive access to the novelist as she works on her new book

Vote Now: Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel 2008

24th April, 2008

Waterstone's and Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival today announced the longlist for the fourth Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Now a firm date in the literary awards calendar, the longlist once again covers an exceptional mix of new and also more established writers covering styles from across the crime genre.

Congratulations Eileen!

19th January, 2009
One of our regular reviewers, Eileen Thornton, has had her book The Trojan Project nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009

For more information look at her website
www.eileenthornton.co.uk <http://www.eileenthornton.co.uk>

Kate Pullinger Longlisted for Giller Prize

19th October, 2009

Women dominate 2009 Giller long list

Female authors of historical fiction dominate the long list of nominees for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize – a selection that will likely silence the grumbling that followed the release of last year's long list, when only three of the 15 nominees were women.

They Say, We Say author wins Mind Book Award

19th May, 2009

Sathnam Sanghera Wins Mind Book Award


Sathnam Sanghera has won the Mind Awards Book of the Year for

The Boy with the Topknot

A memoir of coming of age in 1980s Britain, it tells how, while balancing his life with the expectations of his traditionalist Punjabi parents, his world changed after a discovery about his family's mental health.

Read More Bravely Whatever the Language

1st May, 2008

Translated fiction has enjoyed a huge boom in recent years, with the successes of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (trans. Lucia Graves) and Irène Némirovsky’s astonishing Suite Française (trans. Sandra Smith) which have both sold over a million copies worldwide.

Company of Liars - Well done newbooks readers

16th February, 2009

A little while ago a group of newbooks activists were involved in a project with Penguin. This was to improve the Reading Group Guide that appears at the back of some books. Well our clever activists gave their suggestions and Penguin took note, with the result that the paperback edition of Company of Liars by Karen Maitland has an excellent Reading Group Guide.

So well done

Miriam Bennett

Sue Corbett

Rebecca Gawith

Cheryl Kellaway

Mary Knight

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