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Read the first chapter of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet

Read the first chapter of The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet

By Sceptre on May 7, 2010

Ahead of its publication on the 13th May, read the first chapter of David Mitchell’s long-awaited new novel.

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An interview with Emily Mackie

By Sceptre on March 1, 2010

Emily Mackie sits in the Bookhugger hot-seat to talk about her forthcoming debut novel, And This Is True, the book she wishes she had written and her cunning plan to avoid writing postmodern twaddle.

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Irene Sabatini: The Book That…

By Sceptre on February 4, 2010

What do writers read? Irene Sabatini, whose debut novel The Boy Next Door has just been published, tells us about the books that have made her laugh, cry, kept her awake at night, and more.

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Read an extract of A Long Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

By Sceptre on August 13, 2009

On the eve of World War II in a place called Half-Village, a man nicknamed the Pigeon falls in love with a girl fabled for her angelic looks. Using his ‘golden hands’ he decides to turn her family’s modest hut into a beautiful home, and build his way into her heart.

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Extract and reading guide for One Morning Like a Bird

By Sceptre on July 23, 2009

Read an extract from Andrew Miller’s critically acclaimed novel, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

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