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News and features
Howard Jacobson has won this years Man Booker prize for his novel The Finkler Question.
African-born writer Michelle Paver has won this year's Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
The British Orange Award for New Writers will be replaced by a bookclub and web promotion program.
Dont forget to check out our newest posts: competition round ups, new releases, book reviews, and more!
Interviews
Author Shirley Marr chats with Black Dog Books editor Melissa Keil.
Author Jonathan Stroud discusses his best-selling Bartimeus books.
Reviews
George Ivanoff reviews Trash by Andy Mulligan.
Liz at My Favourite Books reviews The Bones of Avalon by Phil Rickman.
Author Kirsten Miller reviews Andrea Cremers Nightshade
Musings
Forget zombie mashups. Apparently tabloid literature is the new trend. Read on to find out why Anton Chekov might well be reaching for the famous Chekhov's gun.
Does fiction for girls need to find some new material?
Stuart Jaffe gives us a post on repetition, redundancies, tautologies, and saying the same thing twice (or four times!)
Just for fun
Everyone needs a dog-shaped bookshelf!
Author birthdays
' '''' '''''''', Mikhail Lermontov!
Quote of the Day
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. Amos Bronson Alcott
Beautiful book cover of the day
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