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The Man Booker Shortlist 2010
How did I forget that this was being announced today?? I have missed taking part in my guessing games! Anyways, a big well done to Andrea Levy and Emma Donoghue on being short listed for their books...
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And The Man Booker Prize 2010 Winner is…
…Well we don’t know yet but we will do later tonight. If you are bored of all things booker, and I admit I have gone off it a little this year, then fear not there is another BIG thank you post coming...
View ArticleThe Prose Practice – Books for Book Groups
I am currently ‘oop north’ in Manchester and have been joined at my aunties by the lovely Granny Savidge Reads (though she does prefer to be known as simply Gran) and last night she was asking me my...
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Books of 2010 Part Two…
So in my second list of books that I loved in 2010 I decided to go for books that were published in hardback or paperback for the first time in 2010. There are some exceptions though and I have not...
View ArticleA New TV Book Show…
A very quick post between lots of pre-scheduled posts (which are proving invaluable between doctors appointments, hospital visits and generally feeling rather rubbish) as I wanted to share a link with...
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The Prose Practice – Is There Another ‘One Day’ Out There?
The other day I had a direct book recommendation question which I thought you could all help me with. I do find it very odd when people I weren’t aware had read my blog and then ask me in the flesh for...
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February’s Incomings…
I do love those lists that some bloggers have down the side of their blogs where the jacket covers of all the incomings that they have received or are receiving as the weeks go on can be seen. Sadly,...
View ArticleDorothy Savidge; The Woman Books Built
On Wednesday this week we all said our final goodbyes to Granny Savidge Reads, aka Dorothy Savidge. I thought I would share the speech I gave as part of her eulogy with you all as it is fitting and...
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The Book Tingle (#BookTingle)
When I was sat with my lovely fellow judges at the first proper Fiction Uncovered meeting, the subject of what we were all looking for in winning books came up. As it went around the table with the...
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The Bailey’s Prize; Best of the Best from the Second Decade
Tonight in the Piccadilly Theatre in London, something very exciting is going to be happening… The folk behind the Bailey’s Prize will be announcing their Best of the Best from the second decade of the...
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